Did the newsreader misspeak?

[TheParser]

The anniversary of President John F. Kennedy's death on November 22, 1963, is only days away.

In an apparent impromptu remark, a (young) TV newsreader said, "His death was one of the most important events in the last 100 years."

Do you think that she probably meant "in the last 50 years"?


THANK YOU

[5jj]

Even if she meant '50 years' it was pretty hyperbolic. She may well have meant '100 years; - it's not a lot sillier.

[TheParser]

Thank you, Moderator 5jj.

[SoothingDave]

Assassinations of American presidents don't happen that often. Kennedy's was the only one in the past 100 years. It also serves as an iconic touchstone for people of a certain age. Everyone alive remembers where they were when they got the news (and of course, because of TV everyone saw the images.)

[BobK]

... Everyone alive remembers where they were when they got the news (and of course, because of TV everyone saw the images.)

Or at least thinks they do. I 'remember' being told about it at school, but I'm not sure the times match up. (Of course, as it was a catholic school and JFK was the great white (catholic) hope, the news may have been 'managed' in some way.)

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