Posted AT 3:41 AM EST on 11/06/08
Apology could become a defining television event of our time
In the era of a thousand channels and 24-hour cable news, the moments when television functions as the village square are becoming increasingly rare. A previous generation may share a collective memory of defining events such as the moon landing or the Canada-Russia hockey series; the current one seems more likely to be linked only by the cataclysmic (the fall of the second tower on Sept. 11, 2001) or the banal (the Ford Bronco and the slow-speed chase).
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