September 5

This week we're traveling to the 1972 Olympics with September 5! Join us as we learn about journalists like Peter Jennings and Geoffrey Mason, satellite TV, and more! NOTE: Due to a technical issue, there are some sound quality problems on Jamie's audio. We promise these issues will be fixed on our next episode. Sources: Travis Vogan, ABC News Sports: The Rise and Fall of Network Sports Television. University of California Press, 2018 Peter Jennings Interview With Larry King, 2002. Transcript available at https://transcripts.cnn.com/show/lkl/date/2002-04-10/segment/00 Charles Glass, Peter Jennings Obituary, 2005. The Independent. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/peter-jennings-304600.html Bob Granath, "Telstar Opened Era of Global Satellite Television," https://www.nasa.gov/history/telstar-opened-era-of-global-satellite-television/ Garry Whannel, "Television and the Transformation of Sport," The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Sciences 625 (2009): 205-18. https://www.jstor.org/stable/40375916 Eva Maria Gajek, "More than Munich 1972. Media, Emotions, and the Body in TV Broadcast of the 20th Summer Olympics," Historical Social Research, 43, no.2 (2018): 181-202. https://www.jstor.org/stable/26454286 David Wharton, "Eye on the Storm: Events in Munich forever changed Games, and how TV presents them," Los Angeles Times 26 August 2002: D1, D10. Les Carpenter, "Telling it like it was in 'September 5' meant sidelining Howard Cosell," The Washington Post 14 January 2025. CBS Sunday Morning, "Reporting the tragedy of the 1972 Munich Olympics," https://youtu.be/emhJrz4eYlc?si=r051-xBlOhbzVASh "Why the media played a fatal role in the 1972 Munich Olympics | DW History and Culture" https://youtu.be/GwFG0d_wzds?si=W5G5-DKTKWKYEarR https://books.google.com/books?id=5VYEAAAAMBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=LIFE+magazine+olympics+1972&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwidm9q5lPOMAxUuhIkEHQX6NmkQ6AF6BAgHEAM Sports Video Group, "Geoffrey Mason, Sean McManus on ABC Sports Remaining in Control of the Munich Massacre Coverage," https://youtu.be/cnElwryDcA0?si=mPczShOAirk_QKFn Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_5_(film) Carolyn Giardina, "How the September 5 Filmmakers Created an Authentic Experience," Variety: https://variety.com/2024/artisans/artists/september-5-authentic-experience-cinematography-production-design-1236204356/ Jake Kanter, "'September 5' Director Tim Fehlbaum Says Film About 1972 Olympics Massacre Is Not A "Political Statement" On Israel-Gaza — Venice Film Festival," Deadline, available at https://deadline.com/2024/08/september-5-tim-fehlbaum-not-political-statement-israel-gaza-venice-film-festival-1236072543/