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SNL's Golden Age End

Dennis Perrin | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: John Belushi, Snl, Beverly Hillbilllies, Saturday Night Live, Dan Aykroyd, Comedy, Hollywood, Dvd Reviews, Entertainment News
Dennis Perrin

When Jake and Elwood Blues took their act onscreen, they left behind a thriving, coke-fueled franchise. SNL's fourth season was its most popular to da...

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Walter Cronkite, a Journalism Role Model

Don McNay | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Read More: Abc, Peter Jennings, Richmond Ky, Walter Cronkite, Nbc, Kentucky, Richmond Register, Broadcast-Journalism, Beverly Hillbilllies, Don McNay, Dan Rather, Cbs, Disney, Journalism, Hogan's Heroes, Walter Cronkite Dead, Media News
Don McNay

Although I am sure that Walter Cronkite had friends in politics, he did not give money to political campaigns or actively support candidates. I won't either.

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CBS Can't Die

Ed Madison | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Read More: I Love Lucy, Tribune Company, TV News, The Honeymooners, All in the Family, Media, Cbs, Edward R. Murrow, Television, Mtv, Walter Cronkite, Dukes of Hazard, Sumner Redstone, CBS News, Beverly Hillbilllies, Media News, Viacom, Nickelodeon, Media News
Ed Madison

Years earlier, right out of college, I was hired to join the team that launched CNN. Visionary Ted Turner had this crazy notion that people would want to watch 24 hours of non-stop news.

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Outliers and the Hillbilly Sterotype

Don McNay | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Read More: Gurney Norman, Civil Rights Movement, Obama Appalachia, Poverty, Blink, Kentucky Cycle, Outliers, Prejudice, Bob Dylan, Malcolm Gladwell, Civil Rights, Malcolm Gladwell Outliers, Appalachia, Stereotypes, Harlan County, Tipping Point, Bias, Kentucky, Discrimination, Beverly Hillbilllies, Hillbillies, Peter Frampton, Hogan's Heroes, Harlan, Media News
Don McNay

I would like to see Malcolm Gladwell test his theory about Southerners being more prone to violence than Northerners.

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