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How TV reacted to JFK’s assassination

A photo of a May 1977 television broadcast of President John F. Kennedy and his wife, Jacqueline, in the presidential limousine in Dallas' Dealey Plaza moments after the president was shot dead on Nov. 22, 1963.

A photo of a May 1977 television broadcast of President John F. Kennedy and his wife, Jacqueline, in the presidential limousine in Dallas’ Dealey Plaza moments after the president was shot dead on Nov. 22, 1963.  (Ernst Haas / Getty Images)

The death of President John F. Kennedy was the first national tragedy the television medium had to make sense of, to put into order and carry to the people. Here’s a look at how TV reacted to JFK’s assassination on Nov. 22, 1963.

Vice President Lyndon Johnson sworn in

In the aftermath of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson takes the oath of office on Air Force One in Dallas to become the 36th president of the United States. Kennedy’s widow, Jacqueline Kennedy (later Onassis), stands beside him.  (Universal Images Group / Getty Images)

President John F. Kennedy's state funeral

Jacqueline Kennedy stands with her two children, Caroline Kennedy and John F. Kennedy Jr., and brothers-in-law Ted Kennedy, back left, and Robert Kennedy, right, at the funeral of her husband, President John F. Kennedy, in Washington.  (Staff / AFP/Getty Images)

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