Forward Power wrote:

Geoblocked in Canada... what else is new? And why in the bloody hell is CBS geoblocking its NEWS video?

It is not geoblocked.  On Youtube..https://www.cbs.com/shows/video/AKjUr9lhVFPP_jk8Kkn6Ygg3jhH6SHD2/

Radio Bob wrote:

It was Walter Cronkite who anchored CBS' breaking news coverage of the Kennedy assassination.
 

Yes, yes we know it was Walter Cronkite who anchored the assassination of Kennedy, but Rather was the reporter on the ground.
In his book Rather also revealed the terror he felt when he reported the shooting, because it was Rather who called the hospital and asked about the president's condition and was told JKF was dead.
Rather then went on CBS to report what he had been told.
He writes about how after that a cold chill went through his body and he felt sick because he realized he did not confirm who he spoke to on the phone at the hospital.
He wrote how he realized his mistake and knew that if he was wrong and he had spoken to some random person, his career would be over.
So in a perverse kind of way it was actually good for Rather's career that Kennedy was indeed dead.

 

According to several accounts that I've read, Rather and a number of other journalists spoke to the two priests who left the hospital after giving JFK the Last Rites. One of the priests told the journalists "He's dead all right" when they asked him directly if the President had died. Rather also talked to the news director of CBS's Dallas affiliate, who had several friends on the hospital staff who had told him that Kennedy was essentially DOA. Rather was on the phone with CBS Radio and told the producer it was his belief that Kennedy was dead and was shocked when he suddenly heard radio anchorman Allan Jackson announcing Kennedy's death.

If you can find it on Youtube, scoped versions of CBS Radio's coverage of the assassination are available. You can hear the confusion after Jackson's announcement, based on Rather's comment, as they struggle to find a copy of the Star Spangled Banner to play. After a couple of false starts, including some instrumental music played at the wrong speed, they finally cue up the national anthem and get it rolling.

UPDATE - the audio can be heard here, beginning at about the 42:00 mark. Unfortunately, the local station cuts in before they actually play the anthem.

Last edited by BowmanvilleBob (April 29, 2024 1:13 pm)

I remember watching live when Al Haig announced "As of now I am in control here at the White House" which, regardless of what he actually meant (a message to allies and enemies that the US government was stable), sounded really bad.

Hansa,
Yes the reason why Al Haig sounded so bad was when the president is shot the nuclear codes go to the Vice President, or failing that, the Speaker of the house... not to a Cabinet Secretary.
Hair sounded like he was staging a coup, even though in his mind he was trying to be reassuring to the American people.