asner: i ll tell you about the golden age of television. this period in time will be looked upon as the platinum age. lear: our obligation is to entertain, and if we ve left something to think about, so much the better. kunta. kunta kinte. television should not be just entertainment. charges were leveled at the commercial television network. congress has no right interfere with the media. well, excuse me! we have a responsibility to give the audience what it tuned in to see. the years of the 60s, which end in a few hours, have a bad reputation that is not entirely justified. some things got worse, obviously, but tv and other news coverage is better, not worse. we simply developed more demanding standards. when i think of tv, i think of the 70s. what is this world coming to? the american public was hungry for more. what was allowed that hadn t been before? it was the last decade where it was a campfire television, where there was one in the living room. i want to watch an al
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world. i m laila harrak. all ready in berlin. ukraine president volodymyr zelenskyy visits germany as that nation prepares to supply billions in aid to help ukraine fight russia. bracing for disaster. millions in bangladesh and myanmar in the path of powerful cyclone moka. sweden takes home the top honor in this year s song contest. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy is in berlin right now meeting with top german leaders who are providing some much-needed military support. he landed there hours after germany announced its biggest batch of military aid, which includes 30 leopard tanks. the $3 billion package also includes armored vehicles and reconnaissance drones. germany was reluctant to deliver weapons to kyiv in the early stages of the war, but it later made a policy u-turn, becoming a major arms supplier to ukraine. for more, salma aziz joins us from london. president zelenskyy on his first visit to germany since russia s invasion of ukraine. what kind of rec
tonight, television takes a look at itself. what s on the idiot box? it s only an idiot box if an idiot is watching. at this period of time will be looked upon as the platinum age. our obligation is to entertain. if we ve left something to think about, so much the better. television should not be just entertainment. charges were leveled at the commercial television networks. congress has no right to interfere in the media. excuse me! we have the responsibility to give the audience what it tuned in to see. the years of the 60s which end in a few hours have a bad reputation that is not entirely justified. some things got worse, obviously. but tv and other news coverage is better, not worse. we simply developed more demanding standards. when i think of tv, i think of the 70s. what is this world coming to? the american public was hungry for more. more was allowed that hadn t been before. it was the last decade where it was a campfire televisi