50th anniversary of the JFK Assignation and how it still effects me today.

Friday the 22nd of November 1963 the world was forever change.  They say that the shot that started the Revolutionary War was the Shot heard round the world.

JFK's assignation was the 3 shots heard around the world. There were many reports yesterday of how that day changed the united states, the presidency, the secret service, and even media. There were different types of stories and such

I heard a story on NPR yesterday, From Fresh Air, How the assignation changed Live TV today.  That is the one that stuck with me the most.  Very rarely did networks use live TV, because it was just too expensive. That was one of the few times also that the networks decided to cancel commercials. Spending all that money to use live TV, and not getting commercial money.

Yet because of that day, there is not a day goes by that every president since has not had a live TV camera with them. It was because of that decision, that they were able to catch the assignation of Lee Harvey Oswald. If you think about it a little deeper, would our need for social media news and the up to the date information that we need be what it is?

What would social media change the way that Americans reacted to the assignation?  Granted, thanks to TV, America and the world knew about within 10 mins. (That was how long it took for the TV networks to change over).  We would know the minute it happen, and have clear video of it, from 10 different angles, from cell phones everywhere.  There would be reports that would be given out, only to be retracted later as incorrect.  There would be raw Facebook posts of JFK, there would be pictures possibly pointing out the wrong person and people looking for one maintenance main on a room.

Would that improve the impact? Or would it lessen it?