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Was the shock of JFK assasination so overwhelming because JFK had been shot and killed or because the "President of the United States" had been shot.




TV played a big part in his popularity
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/coldwar/kennedy_celebrity_01.shtml

Times were simpler then. I dare say the national collective consciousness then wasn't as jaded or cynical as we may be now.