Ahhh, but don’t count the other “news” networks down for the count yet. Yesterday CNN put out a press release just chock FULL of their own spin. I realize that a company’s PR department is supposed to focus a positive light on itself, but some of this is too much.
First, they try to heap a lot of creative wordsmithing onto FNC’s “decline”, but yet don’t contrast it with their own slide. Which, of course, would be just disastrous.
Next, they’re trying to say (a full fledged LIE) they are the “only non-partisan cable news operation”. With declining numbers, along with their statist friends at MSNBC, you think the viewers are really buying that? So, if you’re talking the realm of the real world, aren’t those ad execs and others who receive these press releases somehow AREN’T part of that same “real world”? Uh, correct me if I’m wrong, but don’t companies ask their ad representatives to justify ad spending, especially in this economic atmosphere—not just here, but throughout the world? Just because you put a number on a piece of paper doesn’t mean it’s true, or going to be bought as such—even by someone who isn’t in your business specialty.
Read the whole thing here (you may not want to be drinking something, you may spray your monitor when a laugh comes forth): http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/04/27/hln-cnn-top-msnbc-in-total-day/49873#more-49873
Another interesting post, looks like MadCow is stomping on Olberboy during MSNBC prime time. Maybe that’s just what he needs, a lesbian to dominate him. Could be the loosening up he needs. http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/04/27/keith-olbermann-takes-a-ratings-backseat-to-rachel-maddow-at-msnbcs/49885

Who ran the survey and under what terms and conditions?

My own experience is that Fox News blatently
censors comments and opinions that differ
from their own.

This must help their statistics.

In a word…“Nielsen”, data is not collected from all Cable and Satellite providers, it is done using individual viewers. We are a Nielson Family as of January this year (first time ever). As the letter sent by Nielsen in November 2009, it contains information on how data is collected, requirements.

For instance, if you have more than one set-top box and regardless of how many TV’s, you must designate one receiver where there are more than one person watches. If someone else is watching another show, it is not counted. DVR/TIVO recordings are not counted either.

You are sent a small box with two RG-45 connectors which go between the television and the Providers box, which means the television you are watching is on, this sends the data to Nielsen.

Personally we do not watch Hannity, he is way too biased for my taste, I do record and watch the two late morning/afternoon FNC shows such as America Live and Happening Now.

I was pleased with the CBS/NYT (not exactly right leaning corporations) poll last week, which showed that 67% of likely voters said the Government is moving in the wrong direction, with only 28% said it was moving in the right direction, and 5% undecided.

To Post #2, you are joking, right? News for you, it is impossible to censure a live broadcast! The fact of the matter is, there are more Democrat/Liberal strategists, Congressmen, and Senators on FNC than even on CNN, ABC, NCB, CBS, or MSNBC at any given time. (I do however record the other TV News shows, they are embarrassingly biased toward the left, there is NO balance. They very much remind me of State Run Media, I lived and worked around the world for 17 years and have seen how they report…one way!) I am not sorry to see all their ratings dropping, and now talk of MSNBC being taken off the air.

The Nielsen Reports also commented on FNC, as their viewership is increasing and has been for the past 14 years, the rate of increase from 2008 through March 2010, has exploded.

The article above was even in the Huffington Post web site, with their bloggers wondering what they can do to hurt FNC, that they must be silenced. So much for freedom of speech!!

I have missed reading your insightfull posts Wesley.  I don’t know if you have been busy elsewhere or maybe I just have been baving senior moments and just thought you had disappeared.  In any event good to read your thoughts again.

Wes ….I have often wondered for many years how Nielsen families are chosen ?  And what does one do to apply ?

ONV, good to see you…I took a week off to visit family Pops 79th birthday, sister had a Heart Transplant 6 months ago, son’s birthday (three days spent with him and his wife)…have been posting more lately. I am also ripping out the built-in bar in the entryway, to wall it off and make it a walk-in pantry for the wife. Cashed in an IRA (saw the Capital Gains tax would be coming on personal investments..lol) in December to keep it from being taxed even more to use for Kitchen remodel. The Major has also joined us at Tea Party Nation, blogs and info, if interested, the address is: http://www.teapartynation.com 

We have an interesting blog here:

http://www.aim.org/don-irvine-blog/brandeis-seminar-ties-tea-party-to-neo-nazism

Diane, you can sign up or call at http://en-us.nielsen.com/tab/measurement/nielsen_families

I will begin my email to you which we spoke about. If I do not fall asleep, maybe two hours last night.

Right reason (Wrong side) Post #2 thinks FNC viewership is falling, and is biased, CNN is trying to remake itself to become more balance, yeah, right. If that were true, why did they get rid of Lou Dobbs? CNN is so far behind FNC they may never recover, they are losing many of their audience to Fox News.

I was very upset to find out News Corp. (Fox’s parent company) has been selling stock to Prince Alwaheed bin-Tatal, and his other holding companies which are not under his name.  After digging in I found out this is true, and yet not a word from any TV media outlet or radio station.

Since Fox News is owned by Saudi’s, Rupert Murdock will remain as Ceo & Chairman of News Corp as he now owns only 30% stock.

Saudi Network News, fair and balanced?? I report you decide.

I am sick as I felt Fox was the only voice we had on TV.

When Bill O’Reilly and Meghan Kelly came out a few days ago attacking Lt. Col. Lakin, who refuses to report for duty until Obama produces his birth certificate, red flags went up. Then Greta was attacking Tea Party members, and making other negative comments.  Then Glenn Beck has been attacking conservative groups, & constitutional lawyers trying to force Obama to produce his birth certificate required by our U.S.Constitution. Beck also attacked Geert Wilders,the Dutch cartoonists who made a mohammed cartoon, Debra Medina who is a conservative, & a few other guests who are trying to help America.

So be careful with Fox News, as they are in the foxhole with the Saudi’s now regrettably.

To Wesley # 3 You tell’em, you side-windin’pole-cat varmint,,(said in my best Gabby Hayes voice)

To Wesley #6   Only 79,,,Rookie,,,my pops would be 100 this june. You’re younger than I????hahaha

To JJ # 7   How many Saudi Princes are there??
50,,100???  I do not think all of their money is watched or kept track of by the rest of the princes. If it really starts to affect the news at FOX,,I think we are smart enough to spot it.
Remember,,if the handful at Fox should go FOR Obama,,the rest of the 300 Mil. are screwed,,for then Obama & his 40 Czars (thieves) will have pulled off a Chavez Maneuver,,remember Pravda ??
Also,,guess who is a member of a very rich Saudi family,but gave it up when Russia attacked the Afghans??? That’s right,,,,Osama Bin Laden,himself
Did you know that on 9/13/01 3 transports quietly
flew 122 members of the Bin Laden family from the USA to Saudi Arabia???  Money TALKS (flys) & poverty walks.Put yourself in their position,,it’s just a good investment,,as long as the Saudi’s do NOT dictate the news,,OK??

Remember,,Primary Day,,then Election Day !!

NOT RACIST,,NOT VIOLENT,,just NOT SILENT !!

JJ Point us to the sources for your claims.  Back it up or shut it up.

Major, either you pops started late, or mine very early, if not mistaken, I am a year behind you…

#9 ONV, I agree with you, I keep up with the market several times a day to watch my stocks, money markets, IRAs, and stay informed on all transactions. I have yet to see or hear of such regarding FNC selling to the Saudis. Please point us to your info, since I have not seen it on FBN, Bloomberg, WSJ, or on Yahoo Business where you can search a company and will give one all company news and transactions.

I have some investments in the Fox 50, the SEC requires investors to be informed of an intended sale, or transfer. So far not a word of this to date.

**So JJ, as requested above, please show us the links, asap!

As for the reporting, O’Reilly is an independent, Beck is a Libertarian, he goes after both parties, however he is relentless on Obama and his cronyism. If you are so hard headed to think we conservatives are not in doubt/unhappy with some in our own party, then I may agree with some of their assessments, such as Lindsey Graham…he needs to go away, as does Charlie Crist.

As for Col. Lakin, under Military Code, he ‘does not have the right’ to do what he did, I understand why he did so, but I do not agree. Not only that, but he is not the first in our Military to attempt this, and failed. Regardless of who is the Commander in Chief, the rules of Military conduct have not been changed, only the ‘The Rules of Engagement’.

As for me, you will be hard pressed to find a more conservative and patriot. I truly hope that there is a proof of his ineligibility to serve as president. If removed, someone else said Biden would become president, this is not true, it would nullify his election, and send it to McCain.

Please indulge us of your sources.

Go to http://www.theconservativemonster.com and go into Glenn Beck archives, and go into media bias archives.

Also refer to http://www.worldnetdaily.com

http://www.aim.org/aim-column/beck-should-probe-the-progressive-libertarians/

http://www.aim.org/aim-column/beck-takes-sharp-turn-to-the-left/ 

http://www.cliffkincaid.com  (a lot of accurate reporting)

http://www.kingdom.com.sa  There are several holding companies not under Prince Alwaheed bin-Tatal’s name, yet he owns them.

George Soros released a statement on his site a few weeks ago defending Glenn Beck for attacking the “Birthers”.

Also listen to Jeff Kuhner who is on 570 am Radio
You can pull him up on http://www.JeffKuhner.com for your listening area.

http://protectourlibrty.org?kerchnervsobama&congress;
http://obamareleaseyourrecords.blogspot.com/2010/03/peter-boyles-takes-glenn-beck-to-task-html

http://wnd.com/index.php?fa-page.view&pageID=125949

Saudi Millionaire-Dr. Khalid al-Mansour from Texas a known terrorist helped Obama get in Harvard
http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=316296711048

Did Prince Alwaheed bin-Tatal also pay Obama’s Harvard Law Tuition
http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=316296711048

also there is a lot of other info. out here, but it is being kept out of all TV Media. None of them are reporting any of this.

other sites:

http://www.freerepublic.com
http://www.dailyradar.com
http://www.wordpress.com

This should get you started.

I have posted several sites which the moderator of this site is checking??  It took me awhile to pull up all the info.

It says waiting on moderater on this site??

It is now 3:40 and all of my sites I have referred you to are still not posted!!!  Very suspicious.

I have sent a 2nd request to the moderator of this site to release the site links.

They said they were checking for Spam. BS!!!!

They really don’t want this news to get out!!!

Since the moderator of this site refuses to posts my site links I will try again. There were many so
I will give you a few links and see if they think it is spam again. BS!!!!!!!!!!!!

go to http://www.theconservativemonster.com and click on the left hand column under archives, then click on Media Bias. Surf down until you get to the news release on Prince Alwaheed bin-Tatal. There is more than 1 article under that setting, and links to further investigate on News Corp.(Fox’s parent co.).

also go to http://www.worldnetdaily.com for their links on Fox, Beck and news releases on the Saudis.

other sites:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/2457761/posts

http://www.cliffkincaid.com

http://protectourliberty.org  kerchnervsobama

http://obamareleaseyourrecords.blogspot.com/2010/03/peter-boyles-takes-glenn-beck-to-task-html

These are only a few to see if this moderator will let them post.  Very suspicious!!

A note to Wesley in Dallas, I am a conservative so I don’t appreciate your insinuation, and to you Major how many Saudi’s does it take?? The news of flying out the Bin Ladens is old news, & so is Bin Laden giving up his Saudi roots when the Russians attacked Afghan.

At the fast pace Obama is going we won’t have a country left by 2012, or at least one we will recognize!!

JJ,

I looked at the link http://www.theconservativemonster.com, I went to the archives, Media Bias, searched the entire list and your prince did not show up.  Why don’t you post the actual name of the piece we are to look for.  Better yet how about the actual link to the article.

The link to WND revealed the following fact which is also available with a simple google search,  “As WND reported, the Saudi prince, who owns a 5.7 percent share of Fox News”.  Hardly a controlling interest.

WND search produced 14 hits for “Glen Beck”, none of the titles seemed to take shots at him.  Which one should I read?  A search for “Fox News” returned 500 hits.  Give us a hint at which ones we should look at.

Freerepublic.com has hundreds of post on Beck, Fox, etc.  You do the leg work and point us the revelations.

cliffkincaid.com appears to belong to a registration service.

http://protectourliberty.org  is a well done brither site.  So what?

http://obamareleaseyourrecords.blogspot.com/2010/03/peter-boyles-takes-glenn-beck-to-task-html  does not exist.

Give us the benefit of your research and post the actual links to actual articles.  We will vet them and get back to you.

JJ,

Don’t worry, your comment did not show up because “the moderator of this site refuses to posts my site links” (sic).  Like any public forum Accuracy In Media’s web site is a target of automated spam bots.  This requires us to have a filter that flags potentially spam comments.  Unfortunately, sometimes when a user posts a comment with a bunch of links it is falsely flagged as spam.

This is what happened with your original comment, it was flagged by the filter.  Given that it is the weekend, potential spam comments that are flagged for moderation are sometimes not approved in just a few hours.

I have gone ahead and approved the comment.

Thanks for stopping by.

I initially posted many of those sites which the moderator on this site took off.  I checked the
site I referred to on Peter Boyle & bingo all of a sudden it doesn’t exist.  These radicals are unbelievable!!

If you went on conservative monster you did not check down far enough in archives it is there, i checked along with links to other sites.

http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=316296711048

http://www.aim.org/aim-column/beck-should-probe-the-progressive-libertarians/

http://www.aim.org/aim-column/beck-take-sharp-turn-to-the-left/

As far as you vetting research I do not need your opinion.  All of this news is out here until the sites are taken down like the Peter Boyle interview. Very strange that all of a sudden it has been taken down!

The info. on the Saudi Prince and his holding companies is not something they want out here.

I had 2 sites last week all of a sudden showing no page exists!!  Gee   I’m sure it was just a technical problem.  Hah!!

JJ:

You should seriously consider changing your meds.

Regarding your post #17;

http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=316296711048  links to some drivel titled “Saudi Billionaire Helped Obama Into Harvard (AND PAID FOR IT?)”

Question: What the hell does that have to do with the original topic?
Answer: Absolutely nothing.

http://www.aim.org/aim-column/beck-should-probe-the-progressive-libertarians/  does link to: “Beck Should Probe the Progressive Libertarians”.  Cliff Kincaid goes off on a dissertation about the inside baseball of libertarianism.

Question: What the hell does that have to do with the original topic?
Answer: Absolutely nothing.

http://www.aim.org/aim-column/beck-take-sharp-turn-to-the-left/ links to a piece titled ” Obama Truth Campaign”.  Another link in your conspiracy chain no doubt.

Question: What the hell does that have to do with the original topic?
Answer: Absolutely nothing.

Shut Up!

Message to OldNavyVET

Source considered. Behavior of a radical left
attacker.

JJ, have you watched Beck’s show, rather than just locating bits and pieces on the Net? He is the single largest thorn in the Obama Administration and all of the Liberal/Progressives in our Government, not to mention all the corrupt organizations he has uncovered with his crack investigative research team. He will not speak of anything on his show unless it has been verified, which is why he had a phone installed with the number only given to the White House, the Senate, and Congress (verified).

Yes, he does go after several Republicans and Bush (some of which I do not agree with).

On this article, you sound like a hard core Conservative:
http://www.aim.org/don-irvine-blog/press-pissed-at-obama 

What other Media source do you believe we should watch? Fox is the only TV News who still tells both sides and the truth. Beck has questioned Obama’s birth place before with facts, but he also said he would not be considered a “Birther” till there was truth about where he was born, and whether or not he is also a Dual Citizen”, although on several occasions, Beck has questioned many times why the Prez is paying private lawyers (so far) $1.7 Million to keep all of his records from the public.

I am a very long time member of AIM, and contribute monetarily to the site as often as I can, more should if they are able, and many others have. I do not get to every article, but it would appear you have been here very long.

This leads me to beg the question, are you a plant? Trust me, we have seen many here, they tend not to last long on the site.

You caught us off guard by attacking FNC, as I said the only TV source for the truth. I do not think any of us agree with everything said on Fox, by far and away they are still the best we have.

The ball is in your court, we just want to know which team you are playing for…The rest of pretty well know each other.

In the event anyone has not yet read Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand, an American formally from the old USSR (was written in 1957), it is a must read. It is a very long book, but fits what is going in today’s Government. It’s been over 20 years since I read the book and found it again while unpacking boxes of books to add to my new library I just finished building.

Here is a piece about the book from the WSJ:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123146363567166677.html

Wesley –

A good companion to your excellently recommended excerpt from Atlas Shrugged is this three part interview that Mike Wallace had with Ayn Rand in 1959. Parts 2 and 3, in particular, zero in on her laissez-faire political advocacy. It’s fun watching Wallace attempting to trip her up.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ukJiBZ8_4k

Wesley, Yes I have watched Beck very closely and was initially encouraged that we finally had a voice for all conservatives.

As time has passed, Beck has gone out of his way to attack those who have been brave enough to take on the issue of Obama’s lack of producing a birth certificate, & Beck even went so far as to say O proved his citizenship by a newspaper announcement in a Hawaiian paper, so did O’Reilly.  Both of these 2 have repeatedly mentioned this, & how they had it investigated yada yada.  There are Constitutional lawyers bringing forth the lawsuits against O to prove his eligibility long before Pelosi went ahead & seated O without his BC.

I have a son who just left for his 2nd tour to Afghanistan, sent into war by an ineligible POTUS, I have a nephew who was killed 3 months ago in Afghanistan sent into war by an ineligible POTUS, & my first husband was killed in Desert Storm, however G.W. Bush was a legal President.

More recently Greta Van Sustern has made comments about Tea Party members like maybe they are just tea baggers, or possibly racial slurs etc.

Something at Fox drastically changed over the last few months, so yes I have noticed it.  It is obvious that it is no longer about agreeing or disagreeing, it is about the danger our country is in, & so much is not making it to any TV media.

When you see Lou Dobbs get brave enough to ask a very simple question of where is the birth certificate, and boom he is gone from CNN; and that this subject is off limits to all press, and most of radio is not touching it, the harder the cover up the worst it is getting.

I am a Reagan conservative and I would hope to find anyone close to Reagan’s league to run, but so far I haven’t found 1 candidate.  Everyone keeps saying vote them out in 2012, however at the rate of destruction O is going we won’t have that much time to fix the damage.

Our troops are in danger, our country is in danger, & the media is silent on many of the issues that are most serious. Very disturbing.

I have friends in Europe who keep emailing me
saying what has happened to American media? Why are you being blacked out or mislead on issues?

re: #23 –

I agree with you, JJ Patriot, on the seriousness of the ongoing media blackout of Barry the Usurper’s likely constitutional ineligibility to be POTUS.
As far as Glen Beck, I wish he would invite Joseph Farah (World Net Daily) or Lynn Stuter (newswithviews.com) on his show to have an in depth discussion on this most important topic. They would both bring some pretty compelling info to the table, to say the least! 

When open, honest debate concerning anything on the political scene is snuffed out due to intimidation, political correctness, fear of ridicule, or any other nefarious reason, we are ALL in for a rough ride ahead as far as our future liberty is concerned. As much as the ‘establishment’ wants this issue to go away, it won’t.

I, for one, will never acknowledge this questionable, evasive character as ‘President’ until he comes clean and produces a long form birth certificate. I also admire the bravery of patriots such as Lt. Col. Lakin and Army Maj. Stefan Frederick Cook.

Fox News, the MSM, and the rest of the establishment can deride this utmost important issue all they want, but they are fooling none of us out there who suspects foul play. As much as they want this to go away, it isn’t going away.

JJ

Post #23

I am sorry for your loses, and I thank you for your son who is serving.  You must be very proud of him.

Had you started with this type of discussion I would not have taken issue with your comments. As Wesley put it Fox is the best we have when it comes to a national news outlet.  Not perfect, but the best we have.

Obama will never produce the long form of his birth certificate.  The controversy over his citizenship has served him well, it allows he and his minions to paint all ‘birthers’ with a single brush stroke as radical right wing loons.  I would love to see the long form but in my knower I know it’s not going to happen.

Remember the opening of the serenity prayer; “God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference.”

Conservatives would be wise to pray that daily.

Peace.

My uncle is a retired Naval Officer, & has reminded everyone that when you join the military you take an oath to “uphold” the Constitution and to protect and defend.

Lt. Col Lakin is doing just that. He is upholding the Constitution and asking Obama to do the same, putting his impressive career on the line, while other high ranking officials in the military are afraid to take a stand for America.

I keep hearing people spouting the unpatriotic propaganda on Lt. Col. Lakin, yet they join patriot movements to save the country?  Ironic, I think so.

Where are the true patriots and heros in America?
Hello U.S. Military – your country needs you, where are you? Your silence is deafening!!!!

TO Wesley #10,Yes,the men in my family start late.more later.

To JJ, May I echo the sentiments posted above. I too am very sorry for your losses,& I for one, appreciate your family service. My 2nd wife lost her 1st husband in Vietnam. My 1st wife lost me because she would not try to understand what 2 tours of combat does to a man who had to throw his Religious beliefs away in order to save his men & his own life on too many occasions.‘nuf said
JJ,even if you WERE a plant,(I doubt it,but thats just me), you have the right to say what you like,,agree with us or disagree with us,say your say,& do not worry about them
You have listed more sites than my feeble little mind can handle,so I’ll just say this,,,If you are getting FED UP with the Marxist in the WH,,then I am your biggest fan. If you are happy with BHO,then you STILL have the right to say so.

In regards to Lt.Col.Lakin,,I believe he will LOSE
WHY,,he is disobeying orders that came DOWN the CHAIN of COMMAND. I deployed allover the world & I
never saw the POTUS on my orders.It’s always Col.s
& Generals in charge of the units

As for Fox News, Murdoch had a ‘sit-down’ with BHO
a while back. Who knows?? Maybe if BHO stops his
threats towards Fox,Fox will have the Pit Bulls back off.
Thank God for Beck,,at least he & his staff are willing to EXPOSE all of the Czars & their ANTI-
American Middle-class rants.The Marxist have their shot,& BHO is IT
Remember,,first Primary Day,,then Election Day

NOT RACIST,,NOT VIOLENT,,just NOT SILENT.

JJ Patriot, I am convinced and as who I am, I apologize when ever I am wrong, thus for questioning your convictions to your Party. I too am a Reagan Conservative.

May God watch over your Son while serving and will pray for him, I am very sorry for the loss of your Nephew. I do not believe anyone would admit to this without it being the truth.

As for the President’s illegibility, I am 100% in agreement, but I also understand FNC’s reluctance at being labeled any further, and could lose credibility by following the “Birther” issue. They forced McCain to prove his birth due to the fact he was born in Panama while his father was stationed there, I cannot understand why obama was not vetted properly. I have pictures of obama praying with Muslims while as president.

Who the hell did they think would fool by posting a “Certification of Live Birth” on his website, it proves nothing at all.

I have spent many years working in Arab countries, and permission from Reagan Administration to work in non friendly Muslim Countries as well. The five prayers per day are very difficult to perform, and obama pulls it off like he has done it all his life, not to mention you have to know it in Arabic, every move and words are all in perfect sync with each other. Given his age, I doubt he would remember the prayer and its proclivities after only a few years in a Muslim Indonesian grade school.

At least our first Progressive war time President, FDR at least had some very good Generals and allowed them to do their jobs.

As for Murdoch, I am not sure of a ‘sit down’ but I do know he voted for Obama, before a few months in an interview, he greatly regretted his vote.

We could not get tickets to the Beck/O’Reilly tour, but we saw it simulcast live at a theater here, while the show had nothing to do with FNC, they pretty much let loose on everyone from Obama on down, the Birthplace of obama did come up in the tour.

Now Obama is laying “all the blame” on BP for the oil well blow out, even though BP set down with the Administration in early 2009, and allowed them to drill with static preventers, instead of using a B-Section BOP (blow out prenter), they have what are called ‘Blind-Rams’ inside the BOP that in the case of a potential gas kick or blowout, these rams will shear off the pipe in the hold, which prevents anything like this from happening. BP does own much responsibility, but they are not alone, the US sets standards in out territorial waters. Drilling in deep water, should be the same as land rigs, even more so for off shore drilling. However they are also looking into the possibility of a planted explosive device.

Neo-Conned, thnaks for the fantastic link, that was very intriguing and informative.

Wes – re: #29

The nostalgic atmosphere in that interview had me wondering if my mother was going to call me out for dinner after the show concluded. (smiling)
Of course, it would have to be pot roast, mashed potatoes, and peas.

Simpler times they were, indeed.

Post #30:

Yes they were, brings back some very good memories, especially your comment about Mom’s cooking.

We didn’t have a television until 1961, then it was a used Philco w/the old oval/round screen. What a novelty TV was…

Most Americans were somewhat normal and had higher moral standards, or at the very least kept unpopular opinions to themselves.