John Cameron Swayze and Edward R. Murrow have morphed into things called Geraldo Rivera and Stone Phillips. The sweet femininity of Dinah Shore is gone and in its place we have the brassy toughness of Rosie O Donnell. And so it goes. It s not that I m necessarily nostalgic for the television shows of forty years ago. I realize there is a time and a place for everything and everyone.
Life is constant change and television reflects that.
I only wish that in TV s rush to embrace the new and different, they would take better care not to throw away the civil and decent aspects of what came before. Yes, change is a necessary part of growth, but there are some things worth holding onto as we move ahead. Let s not lose common courtesy and respect for others. Let s try to hang on to good manners and good taste. The beast is sliding much too fast down the slippery slope to stop now.