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  • The Greatest Shot In Television History

    From JAB@21:1/5 to All on Thu May 18 19:06:59 2023
    In 1978, James Burke made this perfectly timed shot on television and
    is widely considered "The Greatest Shot In Television History"

    1 min vid
    https://twitter.com/historyinmemes/status/1658677937338499074


    @historyinmemes

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  • From Retrograde@21:1/5 to JAB on Sat May 27 15:11:41 2023
    On 2023-05-19, JAB <here@is.invalid> wrote:
    In 1978, James Burke made this perfectly timed shot on television and
    is widely considered "The Greatest Shot In Television History"

    1 min vid
    https://twitter.com/historyinmemes/status/1658677937338499074


    @historyinmemes

    And, it's a pretty great shot. Well done, James. I no longer have
    access to twitter links by choice - blocked them at the router - so I
    had a search for it, figuring it would turn up elsewhere.

    Wound up watching it at the BBC, but noticed this story in one form or
    another swept dozens and dozens of platforms all at once. Everyone
    thinks they've discovered some new thing, but the truth is if you want
    to get people talking about something, it's relatively easy to get a
    story out there and then all the platforms, including usenet obviously,
    do as they're told, and replicate the story.

    An observation about media in general, I guess.

    Still a great bit of newscasting. Quite the showman, with excellent
    technical chops to pull it off without flinching.

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to fungus@amongus.com.invalid on Sat May 27 12:38:13 2023
    On Sat, 27 May 2023 15:11:41 -0000 (UTC), Retrograde <fungus@amongus.com.invalid> wrote:

    I no longer have access to twitter links by choice
    - blocked them at the router

    There are still good people posting in the Twitter ghetto.

    and replicate the story.
    An observation about media in general, I guess.

    Gossip in various social circles, goes around, and around.

    When humans acquired speech, then the news/etc got recycled with
    different versions of an event..

    Grandpa (Tell Me 'Bout The Good Old Days) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7UloVeCxTs

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  • From Retrograde@21:1/5 to JAB on Sat May 27 23:35:07 2023
    On 2023-05-27, JAB <here@is.invalid> wrote:
    On Sat, 27 May 2023 15:11:41 -0000 (UTC), Retrograde
    <fungus@amongus.com.invalid> wrote:
    I no longer have access to twitter links by choice
    - blocked them at the router

    There are still good people posting in the Twitter ghetto.

    I pretty much wait til you find and post them, LOL. No need for me to
    go fishing in the sewer.

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