By Lee Cary —— Bio and Archives--January 15, 2020
the worm turns: “used to describe when a person or group of people who have been treated badly for a long time suddenly become forceful and stop accepting a difficult situation.
“Pop” was the guide. At 5:00 pm we’d sit before the black & white TV and watch the news. After the local news—less a crime report than today—it was on to the national news on NBC, CBS and ABC.
We’d watch each channel for a few minutes, and then shift to a second. Then the third.
This was during the golden era for the news face-men—no women allowed.
Cronkite, Huntley/Brinkley, Jennings, Brokaw, Reasoner, Koppel, Chancellor, et al. Edward R. Morrow was Dean Emeritus of the News School. Morrow came to fame in the radio era with his reporting from London during the Blitz, heard by the world. As, later, his televised broadcasts were heard during the Joe McCarthy episode.
After watching one station for a few minutes, Pop would say, “Now watch this,” and roll the plastic dial on the forty-pound set to another news broadcast, and say “Watch.” He’d repeat the three-step flip from one three-letter acronym channel to the next. And back again.
After a few rotations came the lesson. “Now, see how they’re all reporting the same news? Sometimes even in the same sequence.” Even a ten-year old could see it was Eeny, Meeny, and Miny. It stayed that way until along came Moe—CNN. ........To Read More....
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