CBS now streaming a live simulcast of their four days of uninterrupted JFK coverage from 1963

[brooklynite]

http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/jfk-assassination/

[livetohike]

1. CBS is the channel we were glued to. I was 11 years old. It really doesn't seem that long ago.

Thanks for posting this.

[Dawson Leery]

2. kick

[RebelOne]

3. CSPAN has had JFK coverage all morning long.

I finally switched channels. I remember the assassination well, as I was 24 at the time. The first time I ever voted was when I turned 21 and I voted for JFK.

[Beaverhausen]

4. very cool thanks. I was 4 years old and don't remember much

I do however remember Caroline and Jackie kneeling beside his casket.

[riverwalker]

5. thanks for the link

hard to put into words. This is why Walter Cronkite was like the member of our families.

[napkinz]

6. thanks

until now, I've seen only clips on YouTube

[Blue_In_AK]

7. I can't watch it.

Too many painful memories.

[texanwitch]

11. Me either.

I had just turned 10 years old.

I can't look at it again.

Saw it the first time.

[duffyduff]

8. They had the best coverage. This was the high point in television history.

Modern journalists could learn a thing or two from this broadcast.

[avaistheone1]

13. I agree.

It is 50 years later, and I am mesmerized by this coverage.

I give a lot of credit to CBS for the work they did then, and also appreciate them webcasting these 4 days as they happened. I have it on right now.

[duffyduff]

14. I do, too. I don't regard the webcasting as morbid.

By that logic, any retrospectives of other historic events are "morbid." It is very hard to watch, especially the funeral procession.

One of the dumbest comments was by "journalist" Karen Tumulty, who thought the webcasting was "creepy" or something.

She's the same age as I am, but she was probably playing with her Barbie dolls during those four days.

She probably still is.

There were real journalists then, although few women were in the field at that time. They didn't tell you what to think and simply reported what was going on.

The main exception to that during this broadcast was Harry Reasoner excoriating people for being upset their usual programming was interrupted for coverage of this national tragedy.

[ChisolmTrailDem]

9. Absolutely fascinating...

...to me since my debut onto this rock was 8 months hence.

[napkinz]

10. kick

nt

[avaistheone1]

12. This is incredible - to again watch all the original reporting. I am pleased that CBS is playing

all 4 days of it moment by moment.

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http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/jfk-assassination/?tag=custom


Thanks for posting it, and kudos to CBS for streaming all of this historic programming.

[thucythucy]

15. Thank you so much

for posting this.

It's fascinating to see the story unfold "in real time," and also sobering to see how TV news "reporting" has deteriorated over the years. One shudders to think how the networks--and cable--would handle a story like this, should it--God forbid--happen today.

Thanks again, and best wishes.