suddenly offering an array of different channel choices, that s an effect. i want my mtv. i want my mtv. i want my mtv. a new concept is born. the best of tv combined with the best of radio. this is it. welcome to mtv, music television , the world s first 24-hour stereo video music channel. music television. what a concept. mtv was in-your-face. you are not going to turn us off. mtv did nothing but play current music videos all day long. let me get this straight. you turn on the tv and it s like that radio? i m martha quinn. the musical continues nonstop on mtv music television. when mtv launched a
tumbling down. i m pat buchanan, the conservative on crossfire. the american people appreciated television. they certainly came to cnn in droves. mr. gorbachev and i both agree on the desirability of freer and more extensive personal contact between the peoples of the soviet union and the united states. we began to realize that the best way to get a message to a foreign leader was to have the president go into the rose garden and make a statement, because everybody was watching cnn. cnn was a breakthrough. it changed the whole world. it changed quickly, the networking is business. that business that we were not the only ones. it was hard. you know, it is hard to be on the top perch and have to come down off it. a special segment tonight, the network news, the first in a two-part series on a profound change taking place in television news. changes being
in recent years, it seems that television has become a kind of an electronic confessional where guests are willing to expose painful and sometimes embarrassing aspects of their lives quite readily to millions of viewers. bianculli: at the beginning of the decade, we get the dominance of phil donahue. and that s sort of a maturation of women s issues. and he seemed to talk to them, in the audience, he seemed to talk to them through the tv screen. i m glad you called. kiss the kids. [ laughter ] we ll be back in just a moment. if you look at the body of work we ve had, you know, you re gonna see the 80s there. i m not here to say you re wrong, but let s understand this. when you bring a moral judgment without knowing them, against them for the way that they look they feel that confirms the reason for their rebellion, if that s what you want to call it.
television. they were feisty, they were sexy. and linda s voice came through and linda s voice came through shining. everybody raves about how great he looks. can you imagine if nancy had that neck? they d be putting her in a nursing home for turkeys. [ cheers and applause ] they d given me this 23 minutes to address whatever topic i want. and it s such a privilege. it s more than the president of the united states gets and it s kind of thrilling to have that every week. i would lying if i said i didn t put my opinions in the show. excuse me, but you lovely ladies look like you re in need of a little male companionship here. trust me when i tell you that you have completely mis-assessed the situation at this table. all right. moving onto scene b. english: i am a woman and i am a writer, but i don t really enjoy being called a woman s writer. i think labels are harmful to us.
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