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he took us out one at a time. >> just incredible. cnn's evan mcmorris-santoro is in hazard, kentucky. tell us what you're hearing and seeing from folks there. it's just heartbreaking. >> reporter: well, jim, this is the staging area in breathet county right near jackson where people are trying to get out there and do those rescues that you're talking about and do those efforts to find out what happened that you've been talking about. we have some fresh drone footage in, we have the cnn drone out here flying around, and you can see the waters have receded, but leaving behind all that ...

clips. so if historians do not watch enough television, maybe you'll get the chance to do it here and then we're going to talk about how we work with with tv and and at the end we want to bring you into the conversation, of course, and so if you're looking at the program you can see that that frank isn't able to join us today, unfortunately, and then my lights and everything you can tell that this is being recorded for c-span. and with me today to to help moderate this sage goodwin of university of oxford. yes. hi everyone. so yeah, we're getting pretty massive. we're gonna be fil...

idiot is watching it. >> at this point in time, what is known as the platinum age. >> our obligation is to entertain and if we have something to think about, so much the better. >> television should not be just entertainment. >> charges were leveled at commercial television networks. >> congress has no right to interfere with the media. >> you have a responsibility to give the audience what it tendon to say. for years, the 60s, which end in a few hours have a reputation which is not entirely justified. some things got worse, obviously, but tv news coverage is better, not worse, we de...

♪ ♪ slowly but surely, the 1970s are disappearing. the 1980s will be upon us. and what a decade it is coming up. happy new year! >> as we began the '80s in the television world, the landscape was on any given evening, 9 out of 10 people watching only one of three networks. >> more than 30 million people are addicted to it. social critics are mystified by its success. what is it? it's television's primetime prairie potboiler "dallas." >> a move like that will destroy all of ewing oil and ruin our family name! >> i assure you, a thought like that never crossed my mind. >> brother...

television. >> we have seen the news, and it is us. ♪ ♪ slowly but surely, the 1970s are disappearing. the 1980s will be upon us. and what a decade it is coming up. happy new year! >> as we began the '80s in the television world, the landscape was on any given evening, 9 out of 10 people watching only one of three networks. >> more than 30 million people are addicted to it. social critics are mystified by its success. what is it? it's television's primetime prairie potboiler "dallas." >> a move like that will destroy all of ewing oil and ruin our family name! >> i assure you, a...