Back then the religious leaders were considered a part of authority; most people were afraid of them and did not necessarily respect them. He thinks that media has had an influence on religion in the past several decades. "Religion may now be discussed openly with different views. There is a better understanding, and is no longer something you are afraid of." Religion was a very forbidden subject where he was from it was either Catholic or nothing else.
My grandfather never attended sporting events in person, except for some soccer games played by amateurs in open dirt fields and barefoot. Balls were an expensive commodity and often made out of any materials available such as old women's stockings. He couldn't even afford to go to a lower league game. He followed sports through the AM radio when it was played in a public place that the particular event could air. My grandfather refers to sports as business, because pretty much it is now a days. "Media has made the business grow and turned into profit oriented activity by both players and owners, naturally large audiences are responsible for that phenomenon." His reaction to the amount of advertising at the games and on TV is simply this "It is a necessary evil in order to transit the games free to large audiences that otherwise would be unable to watch the games." I agree with him strongly.
When my grandfather was growing up, the news was something that you find out much later after the act. Now he feels that the news is very often created and based mostly on speculation based on rumors. The media feeds itself and bombards most people with news that is either speculative, or manipulated according to the station's or editor's views based on their political, religious, or general life style. He feels that anyone making a decision based on the media must be better educated in order to really get something worth while out of it. My grandfather was working in Canada when he heard about Kennedy's death on the radio.