I was watching Live TV when they took Gorbby away. Saw Yeltsin demanding his release. Watched the tanks moving down the streets-wondering if they were going to attack their own people. Sigh of relief when they didn’t.
At least they told me it was Live feed. It was an amazing time.
At least they told me it was Live feed.
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I don’t recall any anomalies between the pool feeds and what we later saw on *the news*. Usually, it is the differences I recall....those ‘does not compute’ moments.
They only take a few seconds out of the long live feeds for the actual news *show*. And the editing booths were a hoot....forward and back, again and again until everything was perfect.
I doubt they had the stomach to keep the lies going at that point. The matter-of-factness I recall in those guys building the barricades was real. They were setting up for the long haul and seemed to know exactly what they were about. I also remember reading the military was sympathetic to the people.