Category The Fourth Estate

September 11, 2001 – “It Would be An Extraordinary Coincidence If It Was a Coincidence”

NPR: Morning Edition – Bob Edwards – September 11, 2001 At the time, people were hard-pressed to call it a terrorist act. It seemed unconscionable that anyone would intentionally fly a plane directly into the World Trade Center. But when…

September 9, 1979 – Begin-Sadat: Grasping At The Eel Of Peace – Cuba Redux

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September 8, 1943 – Italy Quits – Germany Won’t.

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Keith Moon of The Who

The Day Keith Moon Left – September 7, 1978

News for September 7, 1978 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Even though it hardly made the mainstream news, more than an afterthought and a footnote to a gossip broadcast, the world did in fact lose one of the truly…

Labor Day 1941 – Sept. 1, 1941

President Roosevelt – Labor Day Message – September 1, 1941 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection As a reminder that, even though today is a holiday, it’s because of the efforts of labor and the struggles of those workers to achieve…

September 3, 1939 – Past The Point Of No Return – A State Of War Is Declared

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Surrender ceremonies

September 1, 1945 – Closing Chapter – Surrender Ceremonies And The End Of World War 2

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The Charioteers On The Chesterfield Supper Club – 1945 – Past Daily Soundbooth

The Charioteers – Chesterfield Supper Club – 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Although not the only vocal group whose harmonies and style were precursors to Doo-wop, The Charioteers were part of that genre of vocal groups initially known…

August 26-27, 1944 – Paris Radio Is On The Air – Allies Make An Entrance – De Gaulle Returns.

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TV News In 1974 – Terrible then – Bliss By Comparison? Past Daily Reference Room.

Critique of Evening News Shows-1974 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Somebody once said the definition of hitting a bottom was when you couldn’t lower your standards fast enough. I have often thought we’ve hit that bottom in 2012. A…