Media coverage of the assassination of John F. Kennedy

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This article outlines the media coverage after the assassination of John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, on November 22, 1963 at 12.30pm CST.

The television coverage of the assassination and subsequent state funeral was the first in the television age and was covered live from start to finish, nonstop for 70 hours.^[1][2] Over the four days of the assassination and state funeral, the three television networks, ABC, CBS, and NBC was on the air 55 to 71 hours non-stop, the longest uninterrupted news event until September 11, 2001 and had a total of over 1,500 staff report on the events.^[2][3][4]