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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-09-05 08:39 PM Original message |
Were The Watergate Hearings Televised In Prime Time ??? Anybody Remember ? |
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steve2470 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-09-05 08:40 PM Response to Original message |
1. went on in the mornings and afternoons, quit by 5 pm usually nt |
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merbex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-09-05 08:40 PM Original message |
Mornings sometimes and afternoons n/t |
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LaurenG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-09-05 08:40 PM Response to Original message |
2. They were televised all day long |
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swag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-09-05 08:40 PM Response to Original message |
3. I lived in the Mountain Time zone |
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greatauntoftriplets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-09-05 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
4. I think they were.... |
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DODI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-09-05 08:43 PM Response to Original message |
5. That is how I spent my summer vacation in the 4th grade. |
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swag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-09-05 08:48 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. Yeah, and Howard Baker |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-09-05 08:44 PM Response to Original message |
6. I remember watching them non-stop. |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-09-05 08:44 PM Response to Original message |
7. Yes. They interfered with my after school cartoon viewing. |
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dancingme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-09-05 08:54 PM Response to Reply #7 |
15. They pre-empted the Soaps |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-09-05 09:55 PM Response to Reply #7 |
30. My mother would not listen |
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Patsy Stone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-09-05 08:44 PM Response to Original message |
8. They were during the day. n/t |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-09-05 08:46 PM Response to Original message |
9. Watched them in Government class in HS |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-09-05 08:46 PM Response to Original message |
10. I used to listen to them on the radio when I was working. n/t |
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DearAbby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-09-05 08:49 PM Response to Original message |
12. I remember them going on in the afternoons |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-09-05 08:53 PM Response to Original message |
13. Non stop, everywhere you went. |
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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-09-05 08:59 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. I Remeber That Too... The Whole Nation , The Whole World... Was Watching ! |
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OldLeftieLawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-09-05 09:16 PM Response to Reply #17 |
27. You bet......... |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-09-05 08:54 PM Response to Original message |
14. I sat with my Mom and watched every minute. |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-09-05 08:55 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. yeah.. wasn't that beautiful.. |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-10-05 03:18 AM Response to Reply #16 |
35. Hitchcock couldn't have done it better. |
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Zen Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-09-05 09:00 PM Response to Original message |
18. PBS did gavel-to-gavel coverage. The networks cut in from time to time. |
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gumby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-09-05 09:02 PM Response to Original message |
19. It's my recollection that they were broadcast |
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Greybnk48 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-09-05 09:03 PM Response to Original message |
20. They were on during the day and as I recall |
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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-09-05 09:04 PM Response to Original message |
21. Morning and afternoons |
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Pastiche423 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-09-05 09:10 PM Response to Original message |
22. During working hours (9-5) |
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DoYouEverWonder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-09-05 09:11 PM Response to Original message |
23. I was in college |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-09-05 09:13 PM Response to Original message |
24. Things Were So Different Back When We Had a Free Press |
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bobbieinok (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-09-05 09:15 PM Response to Original message |
25. people got so used to watching news all day...this led to the start up |
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deacon2 (396 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-09-05 09:15 PM Response to Original message |
26. Watched them in Sister Soledad's class |
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radio4progressives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-09-05 09:26 PM Response to Original message |
28. Gavel to Gavel on PBS ... The key testimonies are captured... |
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murielm99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-10-05 05:08 AM Response to Reply #28 |
43. My daughter gave me that documentary for my birthday. |
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Carni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-09-05 09:49 PM Response to Original message |
29. I was really young but I think they were on all day long |
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burrowowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-09-05 09:58 PM Response to Original message |
31. Were on live |
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Marymarg (773 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-09-05 10:14 PM Response to Original message |
32. Repeated |
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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-09-05 10:43 PM Response to Original message |
33. THANK YOU EVERYBODY !!! |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-09-05 11:03 PM Response to Original message |
34. They broke into the BBC in London with the CBS evening news with |
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ngGale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-10-05 03:26 AM Response to Original message |
36. Well, I will never forget because... |
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Raksha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-10-05 03:59 AM Response to Reply #36 |
38. You too, huh? Another Watergate baby! |
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Raksha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-10-05 03:54 AM Response to Original message |
37. My son was a Watergate baby. |
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Daphne08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-10-05 04:15 AM Response to Reply #37 |
41. It was in August. I think the 8th of August. |
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ngGale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-10-05 04:16 AM Response to Reply #37 |
42. Nice to meet another "Watergate" baby mom... |
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Daphne08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-10-05 04:12 AM Response to Original message |
39. Yes, I remember it very well. |
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ogradda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-10-05 04:15 AM Response to Original message |
40. I would come home from school |
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