What is your earliest memory of watching the news on t.v.?

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40. 1957: Eisenhower's second inauguration (and the conventions that preceded)

I was six and seven years old. I remember sitting by our old black-and-white TV and watching as my parents viewed the Democratic convention, with Huntley and Brinkley reporting together (my mother was a big Adlai Stevenson fan). I remember the roll call, and the floor reporters. These images remain very strong in my memory. It's probably what led me to become something of a political junkie later in life.

Then after the election I remember being hustled, with all the other kids, from my first-grade classroom into the school's gym/auditorium to watch the inauguration. We sat cross-legged on the floor and looked up at the TV. I have no recollection as to what I actually thought about it, if anything. I was more consumed with trying to get from printing to writing in script.