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
alliance among them. at one point, a fight almost broke out on the house floor, but perhaps the most telling moment came at the very end. on his way out of the capital, at around two a.m. after finally taking his oath of office as speaker, mccarthy stopped to talk to reporters to give special thanks to a special someone. i do especially think president trump. i don t think anybody should doubt his influence. he was with me from the beginning, somebody wrote that out of what he was there, and he was all in. he was all in. kevin mccarthy maybe the speaker, but this is donald trump s house. built on the backs of trump s republican acolytes whose jobs depend on the support of donald trump s own base. but dynamics that were on display during a four-day speakership battle have continued to play out in the six months since. the chaos caucus republicans, many of whom are trump loyalists and some of whom participated in the attempt to deny mccarthy the speakership, brought the cou
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
glastonbury 2023 ends the suspense, by announcing the arctic monkeys and guns and roses, willjoin eltonjohn as this year s headline acts. and memories of 1930s glasgow we meet the artist holding his first exhibition at the age of 95 i think they ve got the right atmosphere here. i think they just got it right. hello and welcome to bbc news. the former uk prime minister borisjohnson may have repeatedly misled parliament over social gatherings held at downing street during covid restrictions. that s according to mps investigating his conduct, who said that evidence strongly suggests that breaches of coronavirus rules inside no.10 whilst he was prime minister would have been obvious to him. mrjohnson was among those fined by police for breaking lockdown rules. but he said there was no evidence he had knowingly misled parliament over the issue. our political correspondent helen catt reports. did borisjohnson know more about lockdown parties in downing street than he tol
health check. a court in belarus sentences the nobel peace prize winner ales bialiatski to 10 years in prison for smuggling money into belarus and financing protests. he says the charges are politically motivated. and memories of 1930 s glasgow we meet the artist holding his first exhibition at the age of 95. i think i got the right atmosphere here. i think ijust got it right. hello and welcome to the programme. the former uk prime minister, borisjohnson, may have repeatedly misled parliament over social gatherings held at downing street during covid restrictions. that s according to mps investigating his conduct, who said that evidence strongly indicates that breaches of covid rules inside number 10 whilst he was prime minister would have been obvious to him. mrjohnson was among those fined by police for breaking lockdown rules, but he said there was no evidence he had knowingly misled parliament over the issue. our political correspondent helen catt reports. did borisjohn