Newton minow letter to presidents day 2019

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This paper offers an analysis of the landmark speech given by the Federal Communications Commission chairman, Newton N. Minow (born ).

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Newton N. Minow, who as President John F. Kennedy's new FCC chairman in sent shock waves through an industry and touched a nerve in a nation addicted to.

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On Nov. 22, in a White House ceremony, I was one of 21 Americans, two posthumously, awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama. It is our nation’s highest civilian award.

I was deeply honored and moved to tears as I remembered that Nov.

22 was the 53rd anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Kennedy created the medal, but never lived to award it to anyone.

At 90 years old, I am one of the last survivors of the Kennedy administration.

As I listened to President Obama describe the extraordinary contributions of my fellow awardees, from Bill and Melinda Gates to Michael Jordan, Tom Hanks, Bruce Springsteen, Maya Lin, Ellen DeGeneres and others, I thought about how much the president’s eloquence, optimism, idealism and vision remind me of the president I worked with more than half a century ago, of what we accomplished together, and how one of my most important decisions as chairman of the FCC was the time I did not do what