In other news, there was a major event in an American city. We won’t what or where. Film at 11.
I was a victim of this. I was part of the evacuation of Saigon in 1975. While I and my entire squadron were deployed, our wives got together to play bridge. The TV was on and an announcement came across, “Cargo plane blown up on the ramp in Saigon. Details at 11.”
What the TV news knew was that it was a C-130, it was hit by a motor round and nobody was near it. There was no loss of life.
The wives called the squadron and the poor lieutenant on duty had to tell them where their husbands were. This information was about a half day old. They did not know where I was. As it turned out, I was airborne heading away from the city when it happened.
TV “news” is lame. It’s sensational while being almost totally devoid of content. Americans right and left believe it without question. Sad.
In other news, there was a major event in an American city. We won’t what or where. Film at 11.
I was a victim of this. I was part of the evacuation of Saigon in 1975. While I and my entire squadron were deployed, our wives got together to play bridge. The TV was on and an announcement came across, “Cargo plane blown up on the ramp in Saigon. Details at 11.”
What the TV news knew was that it was a C-130, it was hit by a motor round and nobody was near it. There was no loss of life.
The wives called the squadron and the poor lieutenant on duty had to tell them where their husbands were. This information was about a half day old. They did not know where I was. As it turned out, I was airborne heading away from the city when it happened.
TV “news” is lame. It’s sensational while being almost totally devoid of content. Americans right and left believe it without question. Sad.
I am old enough to remember Cronkite.