[abb]

Henry Luce was still alive then, and had a big influence on the MSM at the time. I date the inflection point of the MSM’s rapid decline to when Luce retired.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Luce

[yarddog]

I used to work with an old guy who had started out as a door to door mailman in Birmingham, Alabama.

I remember his telling me that he dreaded the day that “life” magazine came out because his pack was so heavy that day.