The influence of pop culture and news media

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Ed Murrow’s new series on CBS in 1951 was called See it Now.
President Carter’s support level during his first few months of his presidency was around 60% to 70%.
Walker Cronkite produced a critical documentary on Vietnam after the 1968 Tet Offensive.
A rabbit attacked President Carter to which Carter had to use a paddle to protect himself.
The Cuban Missile Crisis, the Apollo Moon Landing and the Watergate hearings were all covered by live news coverage.
The 52 US diplomats were held captive in Tehran for 444 days.
Carter collapsed in a marathon in October 1979.
Jane Fonda visited Hanoi in 1972, causing great outrage.
The first tabloid format newspaper was the Daily News.
Between 1950 and 1960, 80% to 36% of TV was recorded live.
Between 1930 and 1950, the percentage of radio ownership increased from 39% to 91%.
In 1952, Eisenhower used TV as part of his campaign.
The first commercial radio station was setup in 1920 as KDKA.
In the 1970s, the TV show M A S*H was produced.
Between 1921 and 1935, record sales decreased from 140 million to 25 million.
Between 1950 and 1980, the percentage of TV ownership increased from 9% to 98%.
NBC, the first national radio station, was setup in 1926.
Between 1950 and 1980, theatre attendance decreased from 55 million to 20 million.
PBS produced Sesame Street in 1969.
Between 1930 and 1966, movies had to obey by a code.
By 1930, 40 million people were listening to the sermons delivered by Father Coughlin over radio.
The Radio Act of 1927 was setup to set up federal licensing of radio stations and share the airwaves.
By 1924, there were 600 commercial radio stations.
In 1929, the records sold during the year were valued at $75 million.
The 1967 Public Broadcasting Act setup the Corporation For Public Broadcasting (CPB) and Public Broadcasting Service (PBS).
Between 1920 and 1950, the percentage of households taking a newspaper increased from 27.8% to 53.8%.
CBS aired the Nixon-Kennedy debates in 1960.