Wow... the way reporters and anchors read/spoke the news to the audience back then was so different... very straight-forward... very formal... perhaps even a little stiff-sounding at times. Nowadays, it's so... well... different.
why can't anchors be like this, where they just report the news. Today news anchors have to add personal opinions and silly commentary....geez just report the news!
It's just that....back then there were....."adults" (the establishment) and there were..."the kids" or the "youth".....there was a real clear line between them. The nightly news was a great example of this. Now the lines are gone, the "kids" are everywhere....there are no adults.
oceantracks That is profoundly insightful as well as absolute TRUTH. I never thought about it like that until I read your comment. It's so unfortunate how far we've fallen.
@@bored_person Exactly..you would have to be raised in a different time to know this, otherwise you are left to resort to repeating cliched one liners like you just did lol
How nice to see and hear news as it was meant to be- not like the stand up comedians we have as anchorpersons today who are a disgrace to their profession
Political arguing aside, this was very, very nice to see vintage videotape from one of ABC's flagship stations and the one serving my hometown (Oakland). My mom graduated from high school in Oakland in 1965 and I came along almost five years later. This is the station my family watched before and after I was born, and Channels 7 and 5 (CBS) were the main go-to stations for news when I was a kid.
Back in those days, news casters were serious, dignified authority figures projecting reliability and credibility. Nowadays, new casters smile, joke, banter and burst into laughter at the slightest thing, all in an attempt to be 'average Jane and Joes'. Their credibility is nil. They are entertainers, nothing more, simply reading what's on the teleprompter. Combine that with the 'fake news' they peddle, they're an absolute disgrace.
Bob Dunn was later at KNXT for many years... there had been a clip posted of the intro to a 1976 (?) newscast that had a split second of him at the end. So was that electronic sign outside KGO's building (seen in the opening slide) actually used as a news "zipper" a la Times Square? By 1965 standards, this is a well-polished newscast, even if it is mostly rehash from the previous night's network news. The clip of the McNamara news conference is the only part that really begins to drag on
From the February 8, 1965 San Francisco TV Guide KGO aired The Morning News from 11:20 AM to 11:30 AM, witch was 2:20 PM EST this would have put Peter Jennings report he did from Atlanta witch would have been live.
The opening graphic at frame left used a 5 x 7 font that identified the zipper flashing that type as Naxon Telesign. That photo would be used through 1967-68. Where pray tell would that have been located?
It seems a good chunk of this was repurposed from the previous nights ABC Evening News -- it was even worked that at the time Bob Young was the anchor so the Peter Jennings piece sounded local when he opened it by referring to "Bob"
Per their respective Wikipedia pages: Peter Jennings began his first stint as evening news anchor for ABC on February 1, 1965 and continued into 1967. (He of course later returned as anchor for many years.) Bob Young held the post from October 1967 to May 1968. This local report on February 8, 1965, was seven days after Peter took over as national anchor. It is unclear to me which "Bob" was being addressed. Incidentally, Peter's report showed Lester Maddox was a jerk.
Was Peter Jennings already in his first stint as ABC's evening news anchor?? If so, the report he did from Atlanta might have also aired on his newscast (which might have originated from there that night), and his going to Atlanta might have been partly to promote his new status as anchorman.
Peter Jennings' first stint as the evening news anchor for ABC began on February 1, 1965 and lasted three years. This local report was seven days after Peter began as national anchor. From his report, Lester Maddox came across as a jerk.
How can you say that when this newscast contains reports about segregation in the South? But then again, you probably think that the Jim Crow era was just fine.
@sheltv100 You don't have to tell me Shell. I work from home, and have Fox and CNN streaming all day long. I get more news and information in a day than most people do in a couple weeks. Only reason, again, is because I am able to, given I work from home. I see exactly where the Country is heading, however we could turn it around. The teaparty forces are in full effect, and they are doing a pretty good job (just check the latest primary's)
As nasty as that confrontation was (and it was common in all of America really) at that restaurant in Atlanta, in real life it was not as dramatic. Hollywood makes things so overdramatic. Yes it was nasty but not dramatic like in movies and on TV. This is proof.
@recto89 - Schubeck was at WABC from 1967 to '71; in his last two years there, he was drama critic (replacing ABC staff announcer Allan Jefferys in that capacity). Schubeck then went to sister station KABC in L.A. where he remained to 1974 when he rejoined KNBC where he stayed until '83 (I say "rejoined" because he'd been at KNBC before, from 1965 to '67).
Yea, well I grew up in Oakland also. High School grad in '66. Draft age for me was a reality in '68. Finally got the call in '69. What with Vietnam, all the peaceniks, anti war protests etc. it was a tad fouled up!! Not a whole lot of good news on the TV back then, or in newspapers.
@recto89 - Believe it or not, his future "Eyewitness News" co-anchor Bill Beutel. In his first year at WABC, Grimsby only anchored the 11 P.M. newscast (John Schubeck handled the early-evening news report, through April 1969). And prior to Beutel being returned to co-anchor with Grimsby, the latter's prior co-anchor was Tom Dunn (no relation to Bob).
@jargainjones OK, I agree that being a free thinker is cool, but I don't see anything liberal or conservative about that. And yes I believe in God. I have a right to my own religious beliefs and political beliefs (they both must remain separate). So to each his own and let it be that way.
@sheltv100 Fox is the only one who lives up to their name of fair and balanced. Most liberals will refuse to come on Fox to discuss the matter at hand, however, every last conservative / repub /libertarian / etc will go on CNN for any interview. Fox gives the news and lets you decide, whereas CNN and nearly every other major news outlet including the ones you mentioned, are partisan to issues and make it known. Good day.
@sheltv100 There are a lot of smart black folks who would agree with 100% of what I am saying. Just because you are black and not rich doesn't mean you have to follow the liberal mindset. If you truly wanted to make your own path, you would simply be a free thinker (which ranges on conservatism) and live life, rather than following another groups ideologies. It is like religion. Why do I have to follow a religion? Why not just believe in God. Think about it.
@sheltv100 If you want to discuss other countries politics, we can do that here or somewhere else. While you curtail the truth, I will keep bringing it to you until you face it, and question it, and then in turn become one with it. Remember this. Liberals argue everything, even fact with their very own opinion. If I were to tell a liberal the sky is blue, they would argue it is not. They don't care who is right or wrong, just as long as they get the last word in. Don't become a liberal.
@jargainjones You have no damn right telling me not to be a liberal. I have every right to be a liberal all I want. I have my reasons to be a liberal. (A political liberal that is). One is because I am black, I'm not rich, and I am open minded. You have no right telling me what you want me to be. I am not afraid to be what I want to be, it's my damn right to think how I want to think as long as it is critical and open minded. If you ask me American conservatives are the most closed minded people
