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A Point of View: Kennedy 50 Years On

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Kennedy 50 Years On

08/11/2013

BBC Radio 4 - A Point of View, Kennedy 50 Years On

Will Self reflects on America's view of the assassination of JF Kennedy, 50 years on.

A weekly reflection on a topical issue. 'The Kennedy assassination,' says Will Self, 'was the first instance of a peculiarly modern variant of the historic event - its simulation'.

Will Self reflects on America's view of the assassination of JF Kennedy, fifty years on. After years of talk of conspiracy, cover-up and doctored film footage, he concludes, "It isn't so much that the Kennedy assassination has transitioned smoothly into a commonsensical past; it's rather that it was the first instance of a peculiarly modern variant of the historic event: its media simulation".
 
Producer: Sheila Cook.

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