This is Walter Cronkite, the most trusted man in America, announcing the death of President Kennedy on a CBS bulletin at 13.38, Central Standard Time, on 22 November 1963. The painting captures the exact moment when he says “The news, now official, President Kennedy was pronounced dead at one o’clock Central Standard Time, some 38 minutes ago”. I have just watched the whole bulletin, on you tube, from the moment the news came through until Kennedy was pronounced dead about an hour later. Some people might think that this is a bit anal but I wanted to get an idea what people thought at the time when the whole event was very fresh in people’s minds. What comes across more than anything is that
On 26 October 2017, the previously classified files relating to the assassination of John F Kennedy were due to be released to the general public. In a wave of publicity, President Trump promised that all files would become available and that perhaps, at last, we would be able to somehow join the dots and find that vital piece of evidence that would point towards the conspiracy that many enthusiasts have long suspected took place in Dallas, Texas, 54 years ago. In the event, 3603 documents were not published and remain classified. 5 days ago, in an interview to the press, former President, George H W Bush, referred to President Trump as a blowhard. No wonder. What a missed opportunity. The a
