Month: December 2021
12/31/19, Corona Virus News First Reported – Media Became Infected Worldwide.
This Vanity Fair article shows how news about the new virus spread through the media – like a virus!
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/12/how-the-earliest-covid-coverage-shaped-our-world
Paddy Chayefsky’s Film, “Network”, Showed Us How TV Would Evolve.
“Why Me,” asks Howard Beale?,
“Because you are on television, dummy,” responded network-head, Ned Beatty.
News or Entertainment, The Guardian Asks? Echos of the Film “Network”?
CNN mess over Cuomo shows dangers of news-as-entertainment
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2021/dec/12/cnn-chris-cuomo-news-media-infotainment
Was the Howard Beale Show a forerunner?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FOD1jZr-S4
TV Historic News Podcast
New podcast by Bill Curtis and Brian Williams with historic moments in TV news history.
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