| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 207 pages) : illustrations |
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text file rda |
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Part. I. Messengers of tragedy -- Covering a president becomes a nightmare -- Murderous flight -- Cables and carpetbaggers -- Epicenter of grief -- Part II. On the scene -- Moving with the story -- Gunman, mob, and mourners -- Part III. Seeds of hatred -- The media, extremists, and Dallas -- The trials of Jacob Rubenstein -- The last of "Sparky" Ruby -- Part IV. Looking back -- Television, radio, ethics, and duty -- Broadcast news, forty years after. |
| Summary |
The minutes, hours, and days after JFK was shot on November 22, 1963, provided no ready answers. For millions of Americans transfixed by the incomparable breaking news, television-for the first time-emerged as a way to keep informed. This book tells the story of four journalists who were at the epicenter; covering the assassination and its aftermath for Dallas's KRLD. The view they were afforded of these events was unparalleled; their tales, one-of-a-kind. This 50th anniversary edition includes new photos, insights, and reflections on the state of news (and faux news). |
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Tells the story of four journalists who were at the epicenter of John F. Kennedy's assassination and covered its aftermath for Dallas's KRLD. |
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Includes index. |
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Messengers of tragedy -- Covering a president becomes a nightmare -- Murderous flight -- Cables and carpetbaggers -- Epicenter of grief -- On the scene -- Moving with the story -- Gunman, mob, and mourners -- Seeds of hatred -- The media, extremists, and Dallas -- The trials of Jacob Rubenstein -- The last of "Sparky" Ruby -- Looking back -- Television, radio, ethics, and duty -- Broadcast news, forty years after. |
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| Subject |
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination.
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Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963. |
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Television journalists -- Texas -- Dallas -- Biography.
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Television broadcasting of news -- Social aspects -- United States.
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Assassination. |
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Television broadcasting of news -- Social aspects. |
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Television journalists. |
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Dallas (Tex.) -- Biography.
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Texas -- Dallas. |
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United States. |
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Electronic books. |
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Biography.
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| Added Author |
Mercer, Bill, 1926- author.
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Phenix, George, author.
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Wise, Wes, author.
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| Other Form: |
Electronic reproduction of (manifestation): Huffaker, Robert, 1936- When the news went live Lanham : Taylor Trade Publishing, 2013 9781589798953 (DLC) 2013013991 (OCoLC)829739312 |
| ISBN |
9781589798960 : $30.99 |
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1589798961 : $30.99 |
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