(ok, maybe there WAS some hype back then)
I'm old.
"how old are you?"
I'm so old, I remember when the news was only on once a day.
"what? like, you only turned it on once a day?"
No, like it was only ON one time each day. At first, the evening news was only 15 minutes long. And only on weekdays. On Saturdays and Sundays, there was no evening news.
"even on the cable channels?"
There were no cable channels. There was NBC, ABC and CBS. That was it.
"you're kidding"
Nope. People would read the newspaper, watch the news at night, and just live their lives the rest of the time.
"weird"
It wasn't all bad. If something outrageous happened, like Miss California having an actual opinion, or the press corps standing up when the President walked in, it might be days before you heard about it. By that time it often wouldn't seem like such a big deal.
"sounds boring"
Not really. Imagine today's news without the hype, exaggeration, personalities and political spin. What would be left?
"just the facts, i guess"
Exactly.
"wow. i'd rather eat dirt. hey, i hear there's a video of the obama puppy pledging allegiance to the koran on youtube. gotta go."
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