tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post983072441067870364..comments2024-03-27T22:27:16.556-04:00Comments on It's About TV: Another world, not my own*Mitchell Hadleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08695771505209080030noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-54369624935949273102019-02-08T23:46:29.580-05:002019-02-08T23:46:29.580-05:00Couldn't agree more, David. Something I forgot...Couldn't agree more, David. Something I forgot to mention in this - one of the clips contained NBC radio anchor Morgan Beatty talking about something that had happened at a church on the Friday night of JFK's death. A man whispered something to the organist, who started playing. Within the first three bars, everyone had joined in. Beatty had the audio of what had happened. The organist was playing: "The Star-Spangled Banner." <br /><br />The story was presented just at the top of the hour. I don't know of Beatty's mic was open because of going to station ID, but I'd swear that I could hear his voice, faintly singing along. <br /><br />As more than one person said that weekend, if the assassin's goal was to drive the country apart, he failed miserably, because it brought everyone together. Could <i>anything</i> do that today? <br /><br />Well put, David!Mitchell Hadleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08695771505209080030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-16029822975973700572019-02-08T00:22:32.282-05:002019-02-08T00:22:32.282-05:00Well, this one certainly hit home.
I know it'...Well, this one certainly hit home. <br />I know it's overly simplistic to say that the current conflict seems to be between those who wish to retain the best of our past and our heritage, and those who wish to dispose of all of it and replace it with something they consider preferable. That metamorphosis extends even to the civility you reference in this piece following the JFK assassination. If your political opponent is perceived as evil, they reason, then there is no need to be civil toward him.<br />I refuse to dismiss my discontent as a simple preference for "the way it used to be." Institutions are dying. Basic bedrock principles are crumbling. Up is down and left is right. <br />Our shared passion for the TV of the past offers a window into that world that has slipped away. I used to think that world was growing more distant every day - now I think it's just about gone. David Hofstedehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15288510542472710879noreply@blogger.com