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Cable television has been around a long time-almost as long as network TV. According to an article in the May 18 issue of The Nation, the first CATV station was founded in the late 1940's when it was discovered that more television sets could be sold if network...
Much of the blue collar worker's lost sense of self could be restored by evidence that his employer cares about him, if only in little ways. Do the managers eat in the same cafeterias as the men, share the same parking lots? Are management's decisions clearly?not condescendingly?...
"The last thing I do at night," Nasser replied, "is read copies of your press cables."
The neat middle-aged executive peers out from the television screen. "Hello," he says, his face crinkling into a sheepish grin. "I'm from General Telephone." Boos and hisses explode off-camera. "Now, I'm aware that General Telephone provides less than adequate service." Plop. A rotten tomato...
There was lingering bitterness too. Before Addonizio's statement, militant anti-blacks who had placed their hopes on him attacked newsmen covering his headquarters. No one was seriously hurt, but cameras were smashed and TV cables ripped out. For some white voters, Gibson's triumph was a nightmare...