Take a look at this (I know it is long)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leX541Dr2rU
Some of us remember when we had to wait a week to find out the results in Autoweek or SpeedSport.
There was Jeff Scott's "Weekend on Wheels - if you were in NYC and maybe they did not preempt him...
The only commenting was by people who were actually there.
It took months to form an opinion about a driver.
There were few official screwups (only that the FIA always favored Ferrari or at Le Mans, the French drivers) because many races were won by 1/2 to 1 lap - except for Monza.
ChrisZ