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To: Alas Babylon!

Had a chuckle.

Fox&Friends were showing a video of FDR giving his talk about the Dec. 7 attacks.

Afterward, the young guy (screen left, Dave Briggs) said everyone was glued to their tv sets that morning.

LOL

Generation gap.

Most people were glued — to their radio sets. TVs were only for the rich at that time.


11 posted on 12/07/2008 5:44:19 AM PST by TomGuy
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To: TomGuy

F&F

Clayton Morris just commented on the ‘tv’ comment and clarified that the ‘video’ was a newsreel (theaters, not tv) and most did probably hear FDR via radio. He did say that ‘some’ people did have TV sets.

[Thus must have received an avalanche of responses regarding the ‘glued to their tv sets’ remark.]


13 posted on 12/07/2008 5:47:06 AM PST by TomGuy
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To: TomGuy

Afterward, the young guy (screen left, Dave Briggs) said everyone was glued to their tv sets that morning.

LOL

$$$$$

Actually, that is a very good example of why it is difficult to trust ‘news’ people with deciding what is ‘news.’ In every field - history and climatology pop into my mind, not to mention economics or simple math! - the uninformed are either commenting or reading a telepromter written by someone even younger, with even less actual knowledge.


18 posted on 12/07/2008 6:12:53 AM PST by maica (Barack Obama is a Weathermen Project.)
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