One of the greatest moment in the history of television news happened 50 years ago today.  It’s the anniversary of the day a giant whale washed up on an Oregon beach.

A Portland TV station sent reporter Paul Linman …who bore witness …as… well… he can explain.  

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They put a half ton of dynamite under the whale.  This did not go well….

Listen for the giant chunks of blubber raining down everywhere.

Birds… scattered.

In 2020 we would have called this whale disposal effort a “fail.”   But it led to some of the greatest tv reporting in history… 50 yeatrs ago today.

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