Jack - off-topic but, with your moon interest, I wonder if you know the "Moondoggie" installments on the Center for an Informed America site, which I read through with some interest this evening. "Does it seem as if many trips on the assassination attempt agenda of 1963 were more heavily covered than previous domestic political jaunts?" They were very competitive in news coverage.
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In 1963 the Dallas area had FOUR TV STATIONS.more than most cities. I wonder, though, if the charged atmosphere in Florida got as much TV coverage. Indeed, all part of the charged atmosphere, as we have read. The parade would have the two of them TOGETHER.Īny anticipated trouble focused on that, not on JFK. There was a big rift in theĭemocrat party.LBJ vs Ralph Yarborough. Major Phil Willis, who took the Willis photos, was prominent in Democrat political circles (his brotherĭoyle Willis was a long-time legislator) said he TOOK HIS FAMILY TO THE PARADE SO HE COULD That should answer your question about increased coverage. The power of LBJ in Texasįar exceeded the power of JFK. The Texas trip was unique because IT INCLUDED LYNDON JOHNSON. How much coverage did Kennedy's domestic trips get in non-trouble spots, and years that weren't pre-campaign? Something perhaps worthy of study and cross-reference. and Carolyns Wedding: The Lost Tapes, premiering Saturday, July 13th at 8/7c.
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Take a peek inside this tragic love story on new special JFK Jr. Now, 20 years after their untimely death, the footage is unveiled. If Miami and Tampa were covered at length, were there set-up references to high emotions among Cuban exiles"? Set-ups are usually followed by punchlines. When America’s most eligible bachelor met the woman of his dreams, they married in a secret ceremony. The broadcasting community seemed to sense that something was up - was it just the dramatics of a trip into unfriendly political country? Some of it contains startling events and commentary: reporters' references to JFK's security being as ill-guarded as McKinley's a boys' choir serenading JFK with the rather ominous lyrics of "The Eyes of Texas are Upon You" (".You cannot get away!.") a toastmaster's gift of a cowboy hat and boots to Kennedy, to protect him from both the rain and "the rattlesnakes on Vice-President Johnson's ranch."
I ask because there seems to be so much coverage of November 21-22. Worth trip was more heavily covered by network TV affiliates than other contemporaneous presidential trips (Miami-Tampa, the aborted Chicago trip)? Does it seem as if many trips on the assassination attempt agenda of 1963 were more heavily covered than previous domestic political jaunts? I saw the "Lost Tapes" show and also a similar broadcast compilation show on History Channel, and have a question for students of TV broadcasts in the JFK years:ĭoes it seem to you that the Dallas-Ft.
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