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When I was a boy we didnt wake up with Vietnam and have Cyprus for lunch and the Congo for dinner
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"When I was a boy we didn't wake up with Vietnam and have Cyprus for lunch and the Congo for dinner"

- Lyndon B. Johnson

About this Quote

Lyndon B. Johnson made this quote in a speech in 1965, resolving the rapid pace of international events happening at the time. He was referencing the propensity of information media to report on worldwide problems in a sensationalized and also immediate fashion, causing visitors to feel overloaded and also pestered with details.

Johnson's point was that in his young people, information from all over the world was not as immediately available or as rapidly communicated as it was in the 1960s. The instances he gave (Vietnam, Cyprus, Congo) were all disputes or situations that were ongoing throughout his presidency, as well as which received extensive media insurance coverage.

Overall, Johnson's quote talks to the complicated connection in between media, politics, as well as popular opinion. It suggests that the rate and also intensity of information coverage can shape public understandings of world events, and that this can have substantial impacts on diplomacy choices and results.

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Lyndon B. Johnson This quote is written / told by Lyndon B. Johnson between August 27, 1908 and January 22, 1973. He was a famous President from USA. The author also have 69 other quotes.

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