JFK: TV's defining moment

TELEVISION was central in the American home after President John F. Kennedy’s assassination, a national trauma that unfolded in real time and was suited to the emerging medium.

JFK: TV's defining moment
Fri, 22 Nov, 2013 - 00:00
Fabienne Faur

Television programmes and news broadcasts about the tragedy went on uninterrupted for days. That was innovative.

TV also filmed the fatal shooting of accused Kennedy assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, live.

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