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In reply to the discussion: JFK worked to keep peace, bring prosperity for all. Others since 22 Nov 1963, not so much. [View all]dflprincess
(28,075 posts)Nov 22-25, 1963. No commentary just an "as it happened" show.
One reporter, who I did not recognize, was reporting from the Dallas police station right after Jack Ruby had been identified as being the man who shot Oswald. He said "Not a policeman in this station believes Ruby did this out of patriotic fervor but that he acted only to shut Oswald up." (Again, no current commentary but I wondered if whoever spliced the clips together did so to call attention to the change in the reporting.)
A few minutes later they switched to a later press conference where the "Ruby was trying to protect Mrs. Kennedy from having to testify " story was being created.
As I watched this, I was also struck by how, just 2 days after the assassination, there was no doubt in any reporter's words that Oswald was the assassin. -- No words like "alleged" or "accused" were used.
A few years ago the History channel ran a similar show and I was amazed how much the media was fed about Oswald and his history in the first hours after his arrest. In those pre-computer days it just seems so suspicious now.