I just watched the first two installments of the three part documentary produced by NatGeo. The third part is recording as I write this. Overall it was
very well done. It tells the story through the eyes of surviving witnesses, such
as Clint Hill, Buell Frazier, Ruth Paine, the Newmans and Johnny Brewer to4 name a few. Obviously they are all quite old now.
Most of the footage appears to have been digitally remastered and enhanced. Some of it has even been colorized. It is a much better quality than what I have
seen in the past. I heard a few tidbits that I was not aware of before.
The one thing that pissed me off was their use of the phony radio broadcast that begins "Something has happened in the motorcade route...". That was created the next day by a local radio personality who was fired for the hoax.
Using phony material is a serious breech of journalistic ethics yet that has been played so many times it has become accepted as being authentic.
There was no live radio broadcast at the time the shots were fired. Why would
there be? I'll never understand why otherwise serious documentaries continue to use such fraudulent material.
I just watched the first two installments of the three part documentary produced by NatGeo. The third part is recording as I write this. Overall it was
very well done. It tells the story through the eyes of surviving witnesses, such
as Clint Hill, Buell Frazier, Ruth Paine, the Newmans and Johnny Brewer to4 name a few. Obviously they are all quite old now.
Most of the footage appears to have been digitally remastered and enhanced. Some of it has even been colorized. It is a much better quality than what I have
seen in the past. I heard a few tidbits that I was not aware of before.
The one thing that pissed me off was their use of the phony radio broadcast that begins "Something has happened in the motorcade route...". That was created the next day by a local radio personality who was fired for the hoax.
Using phony material is a serious breech of journalistic ethics yet that has been played so many times it has become accepted as being authentic.
There was no live radio broadcast at the time the shots were fired. Why would
there be? I'll never understand why otherwise serious documentaries continue to use such fraudulent material.
Using phony material is a serious breech of journalistic ethics yet that has been played so many times it has become accepted as being authentic.
There was no live radio broadcast at the time the shots were fired. Why would there be? I'll never understand why otherwise serious documentaries continue to use such fraudulent material.
I just watched the first two installments of the three part documentary >produced by NatGeo. The third part is recording as I write this. Overall it was
very well done. It tells the story through the eyes of surviving witnesses, such
as Clint Hill, Buell Frazier, Ruth Paine, the Newmans and Johnny Brewer to4 >name a few. Obviously they are all quite old now.
I should have mentioned....
I just finished ...
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