This morning the president commented on the tornado in Oklahoma. He felt bad about it.
When did news people begin expecting the president to comment on every bad thing that happens – tornadoes, shootings at schools, a police officer arresting a man in Massachusetts?
On Aug. 1, 1966, Charles Whitman killed 17 people and wounded 32 in Austin, Texas. Did President Johnson go on national television and tell relatives of the dead and wounded, “I feel your pain”?
Chet Huntley: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTU5lPzKvjI
No hysterics from reporters, no speculation, just statements of what was known at the time.
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