distrust of Television

I think one of the reasons that people stopped trusting television as much was the gradual realisation that it might not be telling the whole truth. There were a series of scandals, like the rigged quiz shows and the misreporting of the Bay of Pigs. After a few incidents like this it becomes harder to write them off as isolated.

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I'm a bit behind with this one, but better late than never.

I watched the "I have a dream" speech on Youtube. It was an interesting listen. King has a powerful voice, and the speech probably would have sounded as powerful on radio as TV. But the advantage that TV has is in the crowd. The shots of the huge crowd outside of the Lincoln Memorial that has gathered from all over to this event are powerful, and couldn't be replicated on radio.

Third Week

So, I have to list what I learned that was interesting, surprising and new to me. Well, I though all the back room shenanigans and other shady deals involved in bringing radio and TV to life were interesting. These sort of things usually don't come to light until years after. The thing I found surprising, and I might be getting ahead here, is the fact that color TV was ready in some form two decades before the viewers got to see it. The new information was exactly how the systems of advertising were different back in the day. You see ads for a multitude of things on shows now, instead of shows having just one sponsor.