Edward R. Murrow
Murrow broadcasting election results on Nov. 7, 1956 for CBS.
Born	April 25, 1908(1908-04-25) Guilford County, North Carolina
Died	April 27, 1965 (aged 57) Brooklyn, New York

Edward R. Events 1607 - Eighty Years' War: The Dutch fleet destroys the anchored Spanish fleet at Gibraltar. Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Guilford County is located in the US state of North Carolina. Events 1124 - David I becomes King of Scotland. 1296 - Battle of Dunbar: The Scots are defeated Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Brooklyn (named after the Dutch town Breukelen) is one of the five boroughs of New York City. Murrow (born Egbert Roscoe Murrow^[1]; April 25, 1908 – April 27, 1965) was an American journalist and television and radio figure. Events 1607 - Eighty Years' War: The Dutch fleet destroys the anchored Spanish fleet at Gibraltar. Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 1124 - David I becomes King of Scotland. 1296 - Battle of Dunbar: The Scots are defeated Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Journalism is the profession of writing or communicating formally employed by publications and broadcasters for the benefit of a particular Community of people He first came to prominence with a series of radio news broadcasts during World War II, which were followed by millions of listeners in the United States and Canada. Radio is the transmission of signals by Modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible Light. News is any new information or information on Current events which is presented by print, broadcast, Internet, or Word of mouth World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Mainstream historians consider him among journalism's greatest figures; Murrow hired a top-flight cadre of war correspondents and was noted for honesty and integrity in delivering the news. Journalism is the profession of writing or communicating formally employed by publications and broadcasters for the benefit of a particular Community of people A pioneer of television news broadcasting, Murrow produced a series of TV news reports that helped lead to the censure of Senator Joseph McCarthy. Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic Joseph Raymond McCarthy (November 14 1908 – May 2 1957 was an American politician who served as a Republican U

Contents 1 Early life 2 Career at CBS 2.1 Radio 3 Two famous phrases 4 Postwar broadcasting career 4.1 Radio 4.2 Television and Films 4.2.1 Criticism of McCarthyism 4.2.2 Later television career 4.3 Summary of television work 4.4 United States Information Agency (USIA) Director 5 Honors 6 Death 7 The Murrow Center of Public Diplomacy 8 Legacy 9 Murrow in popular culture 10 Quotes 11 References 12 External links and references

Early life

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Murrow was born near Greensboro, in Guilford County, North Carolina, to Quaker^[2] parents. Journalism is the profession of writing or communicating formally employed by publications and broadcasters for the benefit of a particular Community of people Professional journalism is a form of news reporting which developed in the United States at the beginning of the 20th century along with formal schools of journalism News is any new information or information on Current events which is presented by print, broadcast, Internet, or Word of mouth Reportage sometimes refers to the total body of media coverage of a particular topic or event including news reporting and analysis " the extensive reportage of recent News style (also journalistic style or news writing) is the particular Prose style used for News reporting (ie Journalism ethics and standards comprise principles of Ethics and of good practice as applicable to the specific challenges faced by professional Journalists Historically Objectivity is a significant principle of Journalistic professionalism. News values, sometimes called "news criteria" determine how much prominence a news story is given by a media outlet and the attention it is given by the audience In Journalism, a source is a person publication or other record or document that gives information Editorial independence is the freedom of editors to make decisions without interference from the owners of a publication A journalism school is a School or department usually part of an established University, where Journalists are trained List of Journalism topics This page aims to list all topics related to the field of Journalism. Arts journalism is a branch of Journalism concerned with the reporting and discussion of the arts Business journalism is the branch of journalism that tracks records analyses and interprets the economic changes that take place in a society Entertainment journalism is an umbrella term used to describe all forms of Journalism that focus on the Entertainment business and its products Environmental journalism is the collection verification production distribution and exhibition of information regarding current events trends issues and people that are associated Fashion journalism is an umbrella term used to describe all aspects of published Fashion media Political journalism is a broad branch of Journalism that includes coverage of all aspects of Politics and Political science, although the term usually Science journalism is a relatively new branch of Journalism, which uses the art of Reporting to convey information about Science topics to a public forum Sports journalism is a form of Journalism that reports on Sports topics and events While the sports department within some Newspapers has been Tech journalism is a relatively new branch of Journalism, which uses the art of Reporting to convey information about Tech topics to a public forum Trade journalism reports on the movements and developments of the Business world by way of articles or analysis A traffic report is an element of a Radio program or TV news broadcast that informs listeners about general traffic conditions Weather forecasting is the application of science and technology to predict the state of the atmosphere for a future time and a given location Advocacy journalism is a Genre of Journalism that intentionally and transparently adopts a non-objective viewpoint usually for some social Citizen journalism, also known as public or participatory journalism or democratic journalism, is the act of citizens "playing an active role in the The civic journalism movement (also known as public journalism is according to professor David K Community journalism is locally oriented coverage that typically focuses on city neighborhoods or individual suburbs rather than metropolitan state national or world news "Gonzo" redirects here For other uses see Gonzo (disambiguation Gonzo journalism is a style of Journalism which is written Investigative journalism is a type of reporting in which reporters deeply investigate a topic of interest often involving crime Political corruption, or some other Scandal Docufiction (often understood as Docudrama) is a Neologism which refers to a cinematographic work in a Genre mixing Fiction and Narrative journalism is the interpretation of a story and the way in which the journalist portrays it be it fictional or non-fictional New Journalism was a style of 1960s and 1970s News writing and Journalism which used literary techniques deemed unconventional at the time Opinion journalism is Journalism that makes no claim of objectivity. 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Magazines, periodicals or serials are Publications generally published on a regular schedule containing a variety of articles, generally News agency (alternative A news agency is an organization of Journalists established to supply News reports to organizations in the News trade Broadcast journalism is the field of news and journals which are "broadcast" that is published by electrical methods instead of the older methods such as printed newspapers Online journalism is defined as the Reporting of facts produced and distributed via the Internet. Photojournalism is a particular form of Journalism (the collecting editing and presenting of news material for publication or broadcast that creates images in order to tell Alternative media are media (newspapers radio television movies Internet etc Video blogging, sometimes shortened to vlogging is a form of Blogging for which the medium is Video. A journalist (also called a newspaperman) is a person who practices Journalism, the gathering and dissemination of information about current events trends A reporter is a type of Journalist who Researches and presents information in certain types of Mass media. Editing Language, Images or Sound through correction condensation organization and other modifications in various media A columnist is a Journalist who writes material on a regular basis for publication in a series A photographer is a person who takes a Photograph using a Camera. Meteorology (from Greek grc μετέωρος metéōros, "high in the sky" and grc -λογία -logia) is the Interdisciplinary Guilford County is located in the US state of North Carolina. He was the youngest of three brothers and was a "mixture of English, Scots, Irish and German" descent. ^[3] His home was a log cabin without electricity or plumbing, on a farm bringing in only a few hundred dollars a year from corn and hay. A log cabin is a small house built from logs It is a fairly simple type of Log house. Maize (ˈmeɪz ( Zea mays L. ssp mays) known as corn in some countries is a cereal grain domesticated in Mesoamerica Hay is a generic term for grass or Legumes that have been cut dried and stored for use as animal feed, particularly for grazing animals like

When Murrow was six his family moved to Blanchard, Washington, thirty miles from the Canadian border, where they began homesteading. Skagit County (ˈskædʒɨt is a County located in the US state of Washington. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page The Homestead principle in law is the concept that one can gain ownership of a property that currently has no owner by using that property He attended high school in nearby Edison, becoming president of the student body in his senior year and excelling on the debating team. Edison is a Census-designated place in Skagit County, Washington, United States. Debate ( American English) or debating ( British English) is a formal method of interactive and position representational Argument. He was on the Skagit County championship basketball team. Skagit County (ˈskædʒɨt is a County located in the US state of Washington. Basketball is a team Sport in which two teams of five active players each try to score points against one another by propelling a ball through a 10 feet (3 m By that time, the teenage Murrow was going by the nickname "Ed". During his second year of college Murrow changed his name from Egbert to Edward.

In 1926, he enrolled in Washington State College in Pullman, Washington, eventually majoring in speech. Washington State University ( WSU) is an American public Research university in Pullman, Washington. Pullman is a city in Whitman County, Washington, United States. A member of the Kappa Sigma Fraternity, Murrow was also active in college politics and in 1929, while attending the annual convention of the National Student Federation of America, his speech urging college students to become more interested in national and world affairs led to his election as president of the federation. Traditional founding The Kappa Sigma Fraternity claims that its origins can be traced back to Bologna, Italy in 1400. He then moved to New York after graduating in 1930. New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous

He worked as assistant director of the Institute of International Education from 1932 to 1935, serving as the Assistant Secretary of the Emergency Committee in Aid of Displaced Foreign Scholars, which helped prominent German scholars (mostly Jews) who had been dismissed from academic positions. Institute of International Education ( IIE) - Non-profit organization promoting international exchange Education and training Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. He married Janet Huntington Brewster on March 12, 1935. Janet Huntington Brewster ( September 18, 1910 &ndash December 18, 1998) was an American philanthropist, writer and radio Events 538 - Witiges, king of the Ostrogoths ends his siege of Rome and retreats to Ravenna, leaving Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Their son, Charles Casey, was born November 6, 1945, in West London. Events 355 - Roman Emperor Constantius II promotes his cousin Julian to the rank of Caesar, entrusting him with Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar West London is the area of Greater London to the west of Central London.

Career at CBS

Murrow joined CBS — the Columbia Broadcasting System — as director of talks in 1935, and remained with the network for his entire career in broadcast journalism. CBS Broadcasting Inc ( CBS) is an American radio and Television network. Broadcast journalism is the field of news and journals which are "broadcast" that is published by electrical methods instead of the older methods such as printed newspapers At that time, CBS did not have a news staff, save for newscaster/announcer Bob Trout. An announcer is a Voice actor who works in Television, Radio or Film, usually providing Narrations News updates Station Robert (Bob Trout ( October 15, 1909 - November 14, 2000) was an American broadcast news reporter best known for his radio work before and during Murrow's job was to line up newsmakers who would appear on the network to talk about the issues of the day. But the onetime Washington State speech major was intrigued by Trout's on-air delivery, and Trout gave Murrow tips on how to communicate effectively on the radio.

In 1937, Murrow went to London to serve as the director of CBS's European operations. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. The position did not involve on-air reporting; rather, his job was persuading European figures to broadcast over the CBS network, which was in direct competition with the NBC (National Broadcasting Company)'s two radio networks. The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's In this role, Murrow recruited journalist William L. Shirer to take a similar post on the Continent. William Lawrence Shirer ( February 23, 1904 – December 28, 1993) was an American journalist and historian Continental Europe, also referred to as mainland Europe or simply the Continent, is the Continent of Europe, explicitly excluding European The two men would become the progenitors of broadcast journalism. Broadcast journalism is the field of news and journals which are "broadcast" that is published by electrical methods instead of the older methods such as printed newspapers

Radio

Murrow gained his first glimpse of fame during the March 1938 Anschluss, in which Adolf Hitler engineered the annexation of Austria by Nazi Germany. The ( German: "link-up" also known as the, was the 1938 Annexation of Austria into Greater Germany by the Nazi Hi and welcome to Wikipedia! Please understand that this article is frequently vandalized and vandalism is reverted immediately Annexation ( Latin ad, to and nexus, joining is the legal incorporation of some territory into another geo-political entity (either adjacent or non-contiguous Austria (Österreich ( officially the Republic of Austria (Republik Österreich Nazi Germany and the Third Reich are the common English names for Germany under the regime of Adolf Hitler and the National Socialist German Workers While Murrow was in Poland arranging a broadcast of children's choruses, he got word from Shirer of the annexation — and the fact that Shirer could not get the story out through Austrian state radio facilities. Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland Murrow immediately sent Shirer to London, where he delivered an uncensored, eyewitness account of the Anschluss. Murrow then chartered a plane to fly from Warsaw to Vienna, so he could take over for Shirer. Warsaw (Warszawa; also known by other names) is the Capital and Largest city of Poland. Vienna ( in Wien; see also other names) is the Capital of Austria, and is also one of the nine States of Austria.

At the request of CBS-New York (most reference books say it was either chief executive William S. Paley or news director Paul White), Murrow and Shirer put together a "European News Roundup" of reaction to the Anschluss, which brought correspondents from various European cities together for a single broadcast. William Samuel Paley ( September 28, 1901 &ndash October 26, 1990) was the chief executive who built Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS Paul W White (b--d July 9 1955 from Pittsburg Kansas worked as director of news at CBS beginning in 1930 The March 13, 1938 special, hosted by Bob Trout in New York, included Shirer in London (with Labour MP Ellen Wilkinson), reporter Edgar Ansel Mowrer of the Chicago Daily News in Paris, reporter Pierre J. Huss of the International News Service in Berlin, and Senator Lewis B. Schwellenbach in Washington, D.C. Another reporter, Frank Gervasi in Rome, was unable to find a transmitter to broadcast reaction from the Italian capital, but phoned his script to Shirer in London, who read it on the broadcast. Events 1138 - Cardinal Gregorio Conti is elected Antipope as Victor IV, succeeding Anacletus II. Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. Ellen Cicely Wilkinson ( October 8, 1891 &ndash February 6, 1947) was the Labour Member of Parliament for Middlesbrough Edgar Ansel Mowrer ( March 8, 1892 — March 2, 1977) was a Pulitzer Prize -winning journalist and author best known for his writings Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city Pierre John Huss (1903-1966 was a journalist and author best known as a War correspondent during World War II. Berlin is the capital city and one of sixteen states of Germany. Lewis Baxter Schwellenbach ( September 20, 1894 &ndash June 10, 1948) was an American lawyer politician and judge Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D Rome ( Roma ˈroma Roma is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city with more than 2

Murrow himself reported live from Vienna, in the first on-the-scene news report of his career: "This is Edward Murrow speaking from Vienna. . . It's now nearly 2:30 in the morning, and Herr Hitler has not yet arrived. "

The broadcast was considered revolutionary at the time. Featuring multi-point, live reports in the days before modern technology (and without each of the parties necessarily being able to hear one another), it came off almost flawlessly. The special became the basis for the World News Roundup — broadcasting's oldest news series, which still runs each weekday morning and evening on the CBS Radio Network. The CBS World News Roundup is a radio newscast that airs weekday mornings and evenings on the CBS Radio Network. The CBS Radio Network provides news sports and other programming to more than 1000 radio stations throughout the United States

In September 1938, Murrow and Shirer were regular participants in CBS's coverage of the crisis over the Sudetenland in Czechoslovakia, which Hitler coveted for Germany and eventually won in the Munich Agreement. Sudetenland ( Czech and Polish: Sudety) is the German name used in English in the first half of the 20th century for the western regions of Czechoslovakia may also refer to what is now the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The Munich Agreement (Mnichovská dohoda Mníchovská dohoda Münchner Abkommen Accords de Munich was an agreement regarding the Sudetenland, which were areas along borders Their incisive reporting heightened the American appetite for radio news, with listeners regularly waiting for Murrow's shortwave broadcasts, introduced by analyst H. V. Kaltenborn in New York saying, "Calling Ed Murrow. Shortwave Radio operates between the frequencies of 3000 KHz (3 Hans von Kaltenborn ( July 9, 1878 - June 14, 1965) was an American Radio commentator . . come in Ed Murrow. "

During the following year, leading up to the outbreak of World War II, Murrow continued to be based in London. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. William Shirer's reporting from Berlin brought him national acclaim, and a commentator's position with CBS News upon his return to the United States in December 1940. (Shirer would describe his Berlin experiences in his best-selling book, Berlin Diary. Berlin Diary (1934-1941 is a first-hand ) When the war broke out in September 1939, Murrow stayed in London, and later provided live radio broadcasts during the height of the London Blitz. The Blitz was the sustained bombing of Britain by Nazi Germany between 7 September 1940 and 10 May 1941 in World War II. Those broadcasts electrified radio audiences as news programming never had before. Previously, war coverage had mostly been provided by newspaper reports, along with newsreels seen in movie theaters; earlier radio news programs had simply featured an announcer in a studio reading wire service reports. A newsreel is a Documentary film that is regularly released in a public presentation place containing filmed News stories News agency (alternative A news agency is an organization of Journalists established to supply News reports to organizations in the News trade

Two famous phrases

Murrow's reports, especially during the Blitz, began with what became his signature opening, "This is London. " Murrow delivered it with his vocal emphasis on the word this, followed by the hint of a pause before the rest of the phrase.

His former speech teacher, Ida Lou Anderson, suggested the opening as a more concise alternative to the one he had inherited from his predecessor at CBS Europe, Cesar Saerchinger: "Hello America. This is London calling. " Murrow's phrase became synonymous with the newscaster and his network. (The emphatic this would later become a catch phrase for the network — "This. . . is CBS" — and for imitators, such as James Earl Jones' "This. James Earl Jones (born January 17, 1931) is an American Actor of Film and stage well known for his deep basso . . is CNN", and Amy Goodman's "This. Cable News Network, usually referred to by its Initialism CNN, is a major English language Television network founded in 1980 by Ted Turner Amy Goodman (born April 13 1957 in Bay Shore / New York) is an American broadcast journalist, Syndicated columnist and Author . . is Democracy Now. Democracy Now! is a syndicated program of news analysis and opinion aired by more than 700 Radio and Television, satellite ").

Murrow achieved great celebrity as a result of his war reports. They led to his second famous catch phrase. At the end of 1940, with every night's German bombing raid, Londoners who might not necessarily see each other the next morning often closed their conversations not just with "so long," but with "so long, and good luck. " The future British monarch, Princess Elizabeth, said as much to the Western world in a live radio address at the end of the year, when she said "good night, and good luck to you all. For the ship see RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Context States headed by Elizabeth II " So, at the end of one 1940 broadcast, Murrow ended his segment with "Good night, and good luck. " Speech teacher Anderson insisted he stick with it, and another Murrow catch phrase was born.

When he returned to the U. S. in 1941, CBS hosted a dinner in his honor on December 2 at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. Events 1409 - The University of Leipzig opens 1755 - The second Eddystone Lighthouse is destroyed by fire The Waldorf-Astoria Hotel is a famously luxurious hotel in New York There were eleven hundred guests in attendance with millions more listening via radio. Franklin D. Roosevelt sent a welcome-back telegram, which was read at the dinner, and Librarian of Congress Archibald MacLeish gave an encomium which commented on the power and intimacy of his war-time dispatches:

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You burned the city of London in our houses and we felt the flames. The Librarian of Congress is the head of the Library of Congress, appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate. Archibald MacLeish ( May 7, 1892 – April 20, 1982) was an American Poet, Writer and the Librarian Encomium is a Latin word deriving from the Classical Greek ἐγκώμιον ( encomion) meaning the praise of a person or thing . . You laid the dead of London at our doors and we knew that the dead were our dead. . . were mankind's dead without rhetoric, without dramatics, without more emotion than needed be. . . you have destroyed the superstition that what is done beyond 3,000 miles of water is not really done at all.

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The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor occurred less than a week after this speech, and the U. The attack on Pearl Harbor (or Hawaii Operation, as it was called by the Imperial General Headquarters) was a surprise Military strike conducted by S. entered the war as a combatant on the Allied side.

Murrow flew on Allied bombing raids in Europe during the war, providing additional reports from the planes as they droned on over Europe (recorded for delayed broadcast). Murrow's skill at improvising vivid descriptions of what was going on around or below him, derived in part from his college training in speech, aided the effectiveness of his radio broadcasts.

As hostilities expanded, Murrow expanded the CBS news staff. The result was a group of reporters acclaimed for their intellect and descriptive power, including Eric Sevareid, Charles Collingwood, Howard K. Smith, Mary Marvin Breckinridge, Cecil Brown, Richard C. Hottelet, Bill Downs, Winston Burdett, Charles Shaw, Ned Calmer, and Larry LeSueur. Arnold Eric Sevareid ( November 26, 1912 &ndash July 9, 1992) was a CBS news journalist from 1939 to 1977 Charles Collingwood ( June 4, 1917 – October 3, 1985) was a pioneering CBS television newscaster Howard Kingsbury Smith ( May 12, 1914 - February 15, 2002) was an American Journalist, Radio Reporter Mary Marvin Breckinridge Patterson (1905-2002 ( Marvin Breckinridge Patterson, or Marvin Breckinridge) was an American Photojournalist, Cecil Brown ( September 14, 1907 in New Brighton Pennsylvania – October 25, 1987) was the author of the book Suez to Singapore Richard C Hottelet (born September 22, 1917) was a Brooklyn-born American broadcast journalist for the latter half of the twentieth century William Randall "Bill" Downs ( August 17, 1914 &ndash May 3, 1978) was a Kansas City-born American Broadcast journalist Winston Burdett ( December 12, 1913 -- May 19, 1993) was an American Broadcast journalist and correspondent for the CBS Radio Network Charles Shaw ( June 25 1911 — 14 December 1987) was an American Journalist who worked with Edward R Ned Calmer (July 16 1907--March 9 1986 was a Chicago-born American journalist and author Born Laurence Edward LeSueur Larry LeSueur ( June 10, 1909 - February 5, 2003) was an American journalist who as one of the original Murrow's Many of them, Shirer included, were later dubbed "Murrow's Boys" — despite Breckinridge being a woman. Murrow’s Boys, or “The Murrow Boys” were the CBS broadcast journalists most closely associated with Edward R

After the war, Murrow recruited journalists such as Alexander Kendrick, David Schoenbrun, Daniel Schorr and Robert Pierpoint into the circle of the Boys, as a virtual "second generation," though the track record of the original wartime crew set it apart. Alexander Kendrick (July 6 1910- – May 17, 1991) was a Broadcast journalist. David Schoenbrun ( March 15, 1915 - May 23, 1988) born in New York City, was an American broadcast journalist. For the actor see Dan Shor Daniel Louis Schorr (born August 31, 1916) is an American Journalist who has covered Robert Pierpoint was an American broadcast journalist who worked for CBS. (Schorr remains active in broadcasting as a commentator/analyst for National Public Radio. )

Murrow's report from the liberation of the Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany provides an example of his uncompromising style of journalism, something that caused a great deal of controversy and won him a number of critics and enemies. Buchenwald concentration camp (German Konzentrationslager or 'KZ' Buchenwald) was a Nazi concentration camp established on the Ettersberg (Etter Mountain near He described the exhausted physical state of the concentration camp prisoners who had survived, mentioned "rows of bodies stacked up like cordwood" and he refused to apologize for the harsh tone of his words:

“	I pray you to believe what I have said about Buchenwald. I have reported what I saw and heard, but only part of it. For most of it I have no words. . . If I've offended you by this rather mild account of Buchenwald, I'm not in the least sorry.	”
—April 15, 1945

Postwar broadcasting career

Radio

The relationship between Ed Murrow and Bill Shirer ended in 1947, in one of the great confrontations of American broadcast journalism, when Shirer resigned from CBS. The dispute started when J. B. Williams, maker of shaving soap, withdrew its sponsorship of Shirer's Sunday news show. CBS, of which Murrow was then vice president for public affairs, did not find Shirer another sponsor and allowed the show to keep running on a "sustaining" (non-sponsored) basis, which resulted in a loss of income for its moderator.

Shirer contended that the root of his troubles was the network and sponsor not standing by him because of his comments critical of the Truman Doctrine, as well as other comments that were considered outside of the mainstream. The Truman Doctrine was a proclamation by US President Harry S Shirer and his supporters felt he was being muzzled because of his views. Meanwhile, Murrow, and even some of Murrow's Boys, felt that Shirer was coasting on his high reputation and not working hard enough to bolster his analyses with his own research. Murrow and Shirer never regained their close friendship.

The episode hastened Murrow's desire to give up his network vice presidency and return to newscasting, and foreshadowed Murrow's own problems to come with his friend and CBS boss, William S. Paley. William Samuel Paley ( September 28, 1901 &ndash October 26, 1990) was the chief executive who built Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS

Murrow and Paley had become close when the network chief himself joined the war effort, setting up Allied radio outlets in Italy and North Africa. After the war, he would often go to Paley directly to settle any problems he had. "Ed Murrow was Bill Paley's one genuine friend in CBS", noted Murrow biographer Joseph Persico.

Murrow returned to the air in September 1947, taking over the nightly newscast sponsored by Campbell's Soup and anchored by his old friend and announcing coach Bob Trout. Campbell Soup Company ( (also known as Campbell's) is a well-known American producer of Canned soups and related products Robert (Bob Trout ( October 15, 1909 - November 14, 2000) was an American broadcast news reporter best known for his radio work before and during (Trout left for NBC but returned to CBS in 1952. )

In 1950, Murrow narrated a half-hour radio documentary called "The Case for the Flying Saucers. Documentary film is a broad category of visual expression that is based on the attempt in one fashion or another to " Document " reality " It offered a balanced look at unidentified flying objects, a subject of widespread interest in the early 1950s. Murrow interviewed both Kenneth Arnold (whose 1947 report kickstarted interest in UFOs) and astronomer Dr. Kenneth A Arnold (born March 29, 1915 in Sebeka, Minnesota; died January 16 1984 in Bellevue, Washington Donald Menzel (who argued that UFO reports could be explained as people misidentifying prosaic phenomena). Donald Howard Menzel ( April 11 1901 &ndash December 14 1976) was an American Astronomer and astrophysicist. This documentary is available online; see external links below.

From 1951 to 1955 Edward R. Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) Murrow was the host of This I Believe which was revived on Radio Luxembourg as a program with British hosts from 1956 to 1958 and which was revived recently in 2005 by National Public Radio and in 2007 by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. This I Believe was a five-minute CBS Radio Network program hosted by journalist Edward R Radio Luxembourg is a commercial broadcaster in many languages from the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. It was the subject of BBC Radio 4's Archive Hour on the 14th July 2007. All the essays broadcast are accessible, within to a growing collection of contemporary submissions, at the This I Believe website, including, for example, Albert Einstein's contribution.

Murrow continued to present daily radio news reports on the CBS Radio Network until 1959. He also recorded a series of spoken-word historical albums called I Can Hear It Now, which inaugurated his partnership with producer Fred W. Friendly. Fred Friendly should not be confused with Ed Friendly. Fred W

In 1950, the records evolved into the weekly CBS Radio show Hear It Now, hosted by Murrow and co-produced by Murrow and Friendly.

Television and Films

As the 1950s began, Murrow began appearing on CBS Television, in editorial "tailpieces" on the CBS Evening News and coverage of special events. CBS Evening News is the flagship nightly television news program of the American television network CBS. This came despite his own misgivings about the new medium and its emphasis on pictures rather than ideas.

On November 18, 1951, the Hear It Now format Murrow and Friendly pioneered on radio moved to television as See It Now. Events 326 - The old St Peter's Basilica is consecrated 1302 - Pope Boniface VIII issues the Papal bull Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January See It Now was a television Newsmagazine and documentary broadcast by CBS in the 1950s After the pre-title sequence and introduction, viewers saw and heard host Murrow, with a knowing smile, explain, This is an old team, trying to learn a new trade.

In 1953, Murrow launched a second weekly TV show — a series of celebrity interviews entitled Person to Person. Person to Person was a popular Television program in the United States that ran from 1953 to 1961. Just as Murrow had nearly single-handedly pioneered TV news journalism, with Person to Person he also set the standard for celebrity interviews, producing a format that is still followed. The Best of Person to Person is currently being distributed under the Koch Vision label. Koch Vision, a division of Koch Entertainment LP was founded in 1999 as part of Koch Entertainment 's entry into the television programming and home video

Criticism of McCarthyism

See It Now focused on a number of controversial issues in the 1950s, but it is best remembered as the show that criticized the Red Scare and contributed to the political downfall of Senator Joseph McCarthy. McCarthyism is a term describing the intense anti-communist suspicion in the United States in a period that lasted roughly from the late 1940s to the late 1950s Joseph Raymond McCarthy (November 14 1908 – May 2 1957 was an American politician who served as a Republican U

On March 9, 1954, Murrow, Friendly, and their news team produced a 30-minute See It Now special entitled "A Report on Senator Joseph McCarthy. Events 590 - Bahram Chobin is crowned as king Barham VI of Persia. Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) " Murrow used excerpts from McCarthy's own speeches and proclamations to criticize the senator and point out episodes where he had contradicted himself. Murrow knew full well that he was using the medium of television to attack a single man and expose him to nationwide scrutiny, and he was often quoted as having doubts about the method he used for this news report.

Murrow and his See It Now co-producer, Fred Friendly, paid for their own newspaper advertisement for the program; they were not allowed to use CBS' money for the publicity campaign or even use the CBS logo. Fred Friendly should not be confused with Ed Friendly. Fred W Nonetheless, this 30-minute TV episode contributed to a nationwide backlash against McCarthy and against the Red Scare in general, and it is seen as a turning point in the history of television.

The broadcast provoked tens of thousands of letters, telegrams and phone calls to CBS headquarters, running 15 to 1 in favor of Murrow. In a Murrow retrospective produced by CBS for the A&E Network series Biography, Friendly noted how truck drivers pulled up to Murrow on the street in subsequent days and shouted "Good show, Ed. A&E is a cable and Satellite television network with headquarters in Manhattan and offices in Stamford, Atlanta, Biography is a Documentary television series. Originally produced by CBS in 1962 and hosted by Mike Wallace, the A&E Network Good show, Ed. "

Afterwards, Murrow offered McCarthy a chance to appear on See It Now to respond to the criticism that was given to him on the program. McCarthy accepted the invitation and made an appearance on See It Now three weeks later. However, McCarthy's rebuttal to Murrow only decreased his popularity, already fading, even further. ^[4]

Later television career

Murrow's hard-hitting approach to the news, however, cost him influence in the world of television. See It Now occasionally scored high ratings (usually when it was tackling a particularly controversial subject), but in general it did not score well on prime-time television.

When a quiz show phenomenon began and took TV by storm in the mid-1950s, Murrow realized the days of See It Now as a weekly show were numbered. (Biographer Joseph Persico notes that Murrow, watching an early episode of The $64,000 Question air just before his own See It Now, is said to have turned to Friendly and asked how long they expected to keep their time slot). The $64000 Question was a popular United States Television Game show from 1955 to 1958

The weekly version of See It Now ended in 1955, after sponsor Alcoa withdrew its advertising, but the show remained as a series of occasional TV special news reports that defined television documentary news coverage. Alcoa Inc ( is the world's third largest producer of Aluminum, behind Rio Tinto Alcan and Rusal. A television special is a Television program, typically a Short film or Television movie, which interrupts or temporarily replaces programming normally Documentary film is a broad category of visual expression that is based on the attempt in one fashion or another to " Document " reality Despite the prestige, CBS had difficulty finding a regular sponsor, since the program aired intermittently in its new time slot and could not develop a regular audience.

In 1956, Murrow took time to appear as the onscreen narrator of a special prologue for Michael Todd's epic production, Around the World in 80 Days. Michael Todd can refer to Mike Todd (1909&ndash1958 American film producer Mike Todd Jr Although the prologue was generally omitted on telecasts of the film, it was included in home video releases.

Murrow's reporting brought him into repeated conflicts with CBS and especially Paley, a contretemps that Friendly summarized in his book Due to Circumstances Beyond our Control. See It Now ended in summer 1958 after a clash between Murrow and Paley in Paley's office. Murrow had complained to Paley he could not continue doing the show if the network repeatedly provided (without consulting Murrow) equal time to subjects who felt wronged by the program.

According to Friendly, Murrow asked Paley if he was going to destroy See It Now, into which the CBS chief executive had invested so much. Paley replied that he did not want a constant stomach ache every time Murrow covered a controversial subject.

See It Now's final broadcast, "Watch on the Ruhr" (about postwar Germany), aired July 7, 1958. Events 1456 - A retrial verdict acquits Joan of Arc of heresy 25 years after her death Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Three months later, on October 15, 1958, in a speech before the Radio and Television News Directors Association in Chicago, Murrow blasted TV's emphasis on entertainment and commercialism at the expense of public service. Events 533 - Byzantine General Belisarius makes his formal entry into Carthage, having conquered it from the Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

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[D]uring the daily peak viewing periods, television in the main insulates us from the realities of the world in which we live. If this state of affairs continues, we may alter an advertising slogan to read: Look now, pay later.

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The harsh tone of the Chicago speech seriously damaged Murrow's friendship with Bill Paley, who felt Murrow was biting the hand that fed him. Before his own death, Friendly said that the RTNDA address did more than the McCarthy show to break the relationship between CBS's chairman and its most-respected journalist.

Beginning in 1958, Murrow hosted a talk show entitled Small World that brought together political figures for one-to-one debates. A talk show ( American) or chat show ( Global) is a Television or Radio program where one person or group of people come together to

After contributing to the first episode of the documentary series CBS Reports, Murrow took a sabbatical from summer 1959 to mid-1960, though he continued to work on CBS Reports and Small World during this period. Friendly, executive producer of CBS Reports, wanted the network to allow Murrow to again be his co-producer after the sabbatical, but he was eventually turned down.

Murrow's last major TV milestone was reporting and narrating the CBS Reports installment "Harvest of Shame", a report on the plight of migrant farm workers in the United States. Harvest of Shame is a 1960 made for television documentary presented by broadcast journalist Edward R Directed by Friendly and produced by David Lowe, it ran in November 1960, just after Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving, or Thanksgiving Day, is a traditional North American Holiday, which is a form of harvest festival.

Murrow portrayed himself in the British film production of Sink the Bismarck! in 1960, recreating some of the wartime broadcasts he did from London for CBS. Sink the Bismarck! is a 1960 Black-and-white war film based on the book The Last Nine Days of the Bismarck by C

Murrow resigned from CBS to accept a position as head of the United States Information Agency, parent of the Voice of America, in 1961. The United States Information Agency ( USIA) which existed from 1953 to 1999 was a United States agency devoted to Public diplomacy. Voice of America ( VOA) is the official external radio and Television broadcasting service of the United States federal government. President John F. Kennedy offered Murrow the position, which he viewed as "a timely gift". John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy (May 29 1917&ndashNovember 22 1963 often referred to by his initials JFK, was the thirty-fifth President of CBS president Frank Stanton had reportedly been offered the job but declined, suggesting that Murrow be offered the job. Frank Nicholas Stanton ( March 20 1908 - December 24 2006) was an American Broadcasting executive who served as the

On September 16, 1962, Murrow introduced educational television to New York City via the maiden broadcast of WNDT, which became WNET. Events 1400 - Owain Glyndŵr is declared Prince of Wales by his followers Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The City of New York WNET, channel 13 is a television station licensed to Newark New Jersey.

Summary of television work

• 1951-58 See It Now (host)
• 1953-59 Person to Person (host)
• 1958-60 Small World (moderator and producer)

United States Information Agency (USIA) Director

Murrow's appointment as head of the United States Information Agency was seen as a vote of confidence in the agency, which provided the official views of the government to the public in other nations. The United States Information Agency ( USIA) which existed from 1953 to 1999 was a United States agency devoted to Public diplomacy. The USIA had been under fire during the McCarthy era, and Murrow brought back at least one of McCarthy's targets, Reed Harris. Reed Harris ( November 5, 1909 &ndash October 15, 1982) was a writer publisher and a State Department official who was driven from office by ^[5] Murrow insisted on a high level of presidential access, telling Kennedy, "If you want me in on the landings, I'd better be there for the takeoffs. " However, the early effects of his cancer kept him from taking an active role in the Bay of Pigs planning. For the United States invasion at the Bay of Pigs see Bay of Pigs Invasion. He did advise the president during the Cuban Missile Crisis but was ill at the time the president was assassinated. The Cuban Missile Crisis was a confrontation between the United States, the Soviet Union, and Cuba during the Cold War. Asked to stay on by President Lyndon B. Johnson, Murrow did so but resigned in early 1964, citing illness.

Murrow's celebrity gave the agency a higher profile which may have helped it earn more funds from Congress. His transfer to a governmental position did lead to an embarrassing incident shortly after taking the job, when he was compelled to ask the BBC not to show "Harvest of Shame," which had been included in a collection of U. S. network television documentaries made available to other countries by the USIA.

According to some biographers, near the end of Murrow's life, when health problems forced him to resign from the USIA, Paley reportedly invited Murrow to return to CBS. Murrow, possibly knowing he could not work, declined Paley's offer.

Honors

• In 1964, Murrow was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The Presidential Medal of Freedom is a decoration bestowed by the President of the United States and is along with the equivalent Congressional Gold Medal bestowed
• He was made an honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II on March 5, 1965 and received similar honors from the governments of Belgium, France, and Sweden. This is an incomplete list of people who have been created honorary Knights (or Dames by the British crown as well as those who have been raised to the two comparable Orders of Chivalry ( Order The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British Order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. The Kingdom of Belgium is a Country in northwest Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters as well as those This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation.
• He received "Special" George Polk Awards in 1951 and 1952.
• In 1967, he was awarded the Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album for his Edward R. The Grammy Awards (originally called the Gramophone Awards)—or Grammys —are presented annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences The Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album has been awarded since 1959. Murrow - A Reporter Remembers, Vol. I The War Years.
• The Edward R. Murrow College of Communication at Washington State University is named in his honor. WSUComAdditionJPG|thumb|175px|right|WSU Communication Addition Building]]The Edward R Washington State University ( WSU) is an American public Research university in Pullman, Washington.
• Edward R. Murrow High School in Brooklyn, New York is named after him. Edward R Murrow High School, founded in 1974 by Saul Bruckner and named for the pioneering television newsman Edward R Brooklyn (named after the Dutch town Breukelen) is one of the five boroughs of New York City. New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous
• Murrow Boulevard is a large thoroughfare in the heart of Greensboro, North Carolina. North Carolina ( is a state located on the Atlantic Seaboard in the southeastern United States

Death

Murrow was a heavy smoker all his life, and was rarely seen without a cigarette, smoking around 60 to 65 a day. His show, See It Now, was the first television program to have a report about the connection between smoking and cancer. Cancer (medical term Malignant Neoplasm) is a class of Diseases in which a group of cells display uncontrolled Murrow said during the show that "I doubt I could spend a half hour without a cigarette with any comfort or ease". Murrow's brother Lacey was also a heavy smoker and developed cancer. Lacey committed suicide in 1966. Ed developed lung cancer and lived two years after an operation to remove his left lung. Lung cancer is a Disease of uncontrolled Cell growth in tissues of the Lung. lung is the essential Respiration organ in air-breathing Animals including most Tetrapods a few Fish and a few Snails The most primitive He died at his home on April 27, 1965 two days after his 57th birthday. Events 1124 - David I becomes King of Scotland. 1296 - Battle of Dunbar: The Scots are defeated Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Upon his death, Murrow's colleague and friend Eric Sevareid said of him, "He was a shooting star; and we will live in his afterglow a very long time". Arnold Eric Sevareid ( November 26, 1912 &ndash July 9, 1992) was a CBS news journalist from 1939 to 1977 CBS carried a memorial program, which included a rare on-camera appearance by Paley to honor Murrow.

The Murrow Center of Public Diplomacy

After Murrow's death in 1965, Edward R. Murrow Center of Public Diplomacy was established at Tufts University's Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, also called simply The Fletcher School, is the oldest school in the United States dedicated solely to graduate studies Mr. Murrow's library and papers are housed in the Murrow Memorial Reading Room that also serves as a special seminar classroom and meeting room for Fletcher activities.

The Center awards Murrow fellowships to mid-career professionals who engage in research at Fletcher, ranging from the impact of the "new world information order" debate in the international media during the 1970s and 1980's to, currently, telecommunications policies and regulation. A fellow in the broadest sense is someone who is an equal or a comrade Many distinguished journalists, diplomats, and policymakers have spent time at the center, among them the late David Halberstam, who worked on his Pulitzer Prize-winning book, The Best and the Brightest, as a writer-in-residence in the early 1970s. David Halberstam ( April 10 1934 – April 23 2007) was an American Pulitzer Prize -winning Journalist The Pulitzer Prize, ˈpʊlɨtsɚ PULL-it-sər is an American award regarded as the highest national honor in Newspaper journalism, The Best and the Brightest ( 1972) is an account by journalist David Halberstam of the origins of the Vietnam War. Veteran journalist Crocker Snow, Jr. was named director of the Murrow Center in 2005. Crocker Snow Jr. is the current director Edward R Murrow Center for Public Diplomacy at Tufts University's Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy

Legacy

Edward R. Murrow's exemplary career remains one of the cornerstones of broadcast journalism, and his widely-agreed status as broadcasting's greatest journalist has not waned in the decades since his death.

During the 1950s, Murrow and his CBS colleague Walter Cronkite had not admired one another's broadcasting styles, which differed drastically. The 1950s Decade refers to the years of 1950 to 1959 inclusive Walter Leland Cronkite Jr (born November 4 1916) is a retired American broadcast journalist, best known as Anchorman for the (Cronkite had turned down Murrow's offer to join CBS during World War II, but accepted when Murrow came calling again in 1950. Six years later, CBS paired Murrow and Cronkite as anchors for its Republican National Convention coverage, in an effort to counter NBC's team of Chet Huntley and David Brinkley. Chester Robert "Chet" Huntley ( December 10, 1911 - March 20, 1974) was an American Television newscaster David McClure Brinkley ( July 10 1920 &ndash June 11 2003) was an American Newscaster for NBC, and Huntley and Brinkley had been teamed for that network's Democratic National Convention coverage, and drew a larger audience than CBS' did. The Murrow/Cronkite pairing did not last past the GOP convention. ) Nonetheless, in a 1998 retrospective produced by CBS for the A&E program Biography, Cronkite said of Murrow, "He's the head of the parade, he's the pinnacle of the pyramid. A&E is a cable and Satellite television network with headquarters in Manhattan and offices in Stamford, Atlanta, Biography is a Documentary television series. Originally produced by CBS in 1962 and hosted by Mike Wallace, the A&E Network He led the way. "

In 1971, the RTNDA established the Edward R. Murrow Award, honoring outstanding achievement in the field of electronic journalism. The Edward R Murrow Awards are presented by the Radio-Television News Directors Association in recognition of what the Association terms "outstanding achievements There are two other awards also known as the "Edward R. Murrow Award".

Murrow in popular culture

• Good Night, and Good Luck., a 2005 Oscar-nominated film directed and co-written by George Clooney about the conflict between Murrow and anti-communist Senator Joseph McCarthy and the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations as well as the retaliation and intimidation that he and other newsmen suffered by going up against McCarthy and the corporations and government institutions that supported him. Good Night and Good Luck  is a 2005 film directed by George Clooney and written by Clooney and Grant Heslov that portrays the conflict between Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. George Timothy Clooney (born May 6 1961 is an Academy Award - and Golden Globe award-winning American actor director, producer, Joseph Raymond McCarthy (November 14 1908 – May 2 1957 was an American politician who served as a Republican U The Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations ( PSI) is the oldest subcommittee of the U Most of this took place on Murrow's show See It Now. See It Now was a television Newsmagazine and documentary broadcast by CBS in the 1950s Murrow was portrayed by actor David Strathairn, who received an Oscar nomination. David Russell Strathairn (born January 26 1949) is an Academy Award -nominated American Film, Television, and stage "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film.
• In 1986, HBO broadcast the made-for-cable biographical movie, Murrow, with Daniel J. Travanti in the title role, and Robert Vaughn in a supporting role. A biography (from the Greek words bíos (βίος meaning "life" and gráphein (γράφειν meaning "to write" is an account Danielo Giovanni Travanti (b March 7, 1940) is an American Actor. Robert Francis Vaughn (born November 22, 1932) is an American Academy Award -nominated actor noted for stage, Film
• Murrow played himself in the 1960 film Sink the Bismarck!^[6]
• Keith Olbermann, host of MSNBC's Countdown program, considers Murrow his idol and closes his own show nightly with Murrow's trademark "Good Night and Good Luck". Sink the Bismarck! is a 1960 Black-and-white war film based on the book The Last Nine Days of the Bismarck by C Keith Olbermann (born January 27 1959 is an American Sportscaster, news anchor, and Political commentator. MSNBC is a 24-hour cable television news channel based in the United States and available in Canada. Countdown with Keith Olbermann is an hour-long weeknight
• In the NBC TV series NewsRadio (1995-1999), the character Bill McNeal, played by Phil Hartman, jokingly refers several times to Edward R. NewsRadio is an American sitcom, originally broadcast from 1995 to 1999 on NBC. Phil Hartman (September 24 1948 &ndash May 28 1998 was a Canadian -born American Emmy Award -winning Writer as well as an Actor, Murrow's legacy and ingenuity in radio journalism, once being asked by station secretary Beth, "Who's Edward Armurro?"
• The book Carl Erskine's Tales from the Dodgers Dugout: Extra Innings (2004) includes short stories from former Dodger pitcher Carl Erskine. Carl Erskine's Tales from the Dodgers Dugout Extra Innings is a book by former Major League Baseball All-Star Pitcher Carl Daniel Erskine (born December 13 1926 in Anderson Indiana) is a former right-handed Starting pitcher in Major League Baseball Murrow is prominent in many of these stories.
• In 1998, the final episode of Murphy Brown had Murphy meeting Edward R. Murphy Brown is an American Situation comedy which aired on CBS from November 14, 1988 to May 18, 1998 Murrow while visiting Heaven. Computer editing was used to insert footage of the real Murrow into the show. On a number of occasions during the show's 1988-98 run, newscaster Jim Dial refers to Murrow and other news legends, suggesting that they would join him in lamenting the state of current television. Eventually, responding to his question of, "What would Edward R. Murrow say? What would Eric Sevareid say?" Corky Sherwood, tired of Jim's criticisms, responds, "They wouldn't say anything, Jim. Arnold Eric Sevareid ( November 26, 1912 &ndash July 9, 1992) was a CBS news journalist from 1939 to 1977 You know why? Because they're dead!"
• In the film The Insider, Lowell Bergman, a television producer for the CBS news magazine 60 Minutes, played by Al Pacino, is confronted by Mike Wallace, played by Christopher Plummer after an exposé of the tobacco industry is edited down to suit CBS corporate and then, itself, gets exposed in the press for the self-censorship. The Insider is a 1999 film that tells the true story of a 60 Minutes Television series exposé of the Tobacco industry Lowell Bergman (born July 24, 1945, in New York City He is an investigative reporter with The New York Times and a producer/correspondent Not to be confused with the BBC news magazine program Sixty Minutes (TV series. Alfredo James “Al” Pacino (born April 25 1940 is an Academy - BAFTA - Golden Globe - Emmy - & Screen Actors Guild Award-Winning Mike Wallace (born Myron Leon Wallace on May 9, 1918) is an American journalist. Arthur Christopher Orme Plummer, CC (born December 13 1929 is a Canadian Theater, Film and Television actor. Wallace passes an editorial piece printed in the New York Times to Bergman which "…accuses us of betraying the legacy of Edward R. Murrow. "
• On their 2003 album Say You Will, Fleetwood Mac recorded a song called Murrow Turning Over in His Grave, referring to him as an icon of responsible journalism. See also 2003 in music (UK Musical groups established in 2003 Record labels Say You Will is an album by British / American band Fleetwood Mac, released in 2003. Fleetwood Mac are a British / American
• Murrow was also parodied in the ABC Sitcom Dinosaurs as a newscaster, Edward R. Dinosaurs is an American television sitcom that was originally broadcast on ABC from April 26, 1991 to July 20, 1994. Hero.
• The cartoon short Person To Bunny, featuring Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, and Elmer Fudd, is a parody of Murrow's Person to Person TV show. Person to Bunny is a Bugs Bunny cartoon released on April 1, 1960. Clyde Rabbit (uncleMrs Bugs Bunny (wifePapa Bunny (fatherMama Bunny (motherRugs Bunny Daffy Duck is an Animated cartoon character in the Warner Brothers Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of Elmer J Fudd is a fictional Cartoon character and one of the most famous Looney Tunes characters However, Murrow is only seen with his back facing to the audience.
• The quote "Good night and good luck" has been used in several occasions by Prime Minister of Spain José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero during his 2008 electoral campaign in a reference to Murrow, or in Zapatero's words, "[Good night and good luck] was a hymn to freedom of speech, a sensible denunciation to those who discredit and insult whoever doesn't think like them, have different beliefts, fight for freedom or report disloyalties, those who take in, those who feel, who believe and dream. The Prime Minister of Spain, (officially the President of the Government, Spanish: Presidente del Gobierno) is the Spanish Head of government José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero (born 4 August 1960 better known by his maternal surname Zapatero (literally "shoemaker" in Spanish is the current Legislative elections for the Spanish Cortes Generales were held on March 9, 2008. Freedom of speech is the freedom to speak freely without Censorship or Limitation. "

Quotes

• About television: "This instrument can teach, it can illuminate; yes, and it can even inspire, but it can do so only to the extent that humans are determined to use it to those ends. Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic Otherwise it is merely wires and lights in a box. " – RTNDA Convention Speech, October 15, 1958^[7]
• "No one can terrorize a whole nation, unless we are all his accomplices. Events 533 - Byzantine General Belisarius makes his formal entry into Carthage, having conquered it from the Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. " – Speech to staff, March 9, 1954
• "If we confuse dissent with disloyalty — if we deny the right of the individual to be wrong, unpopular, eccentric or unorthodox — if we deny the essence of racial equality, then hundreds of millions in Asia and Africa who are shopping about for a new allegiance will conclude that we are concerned to defend a myth and our present privileged status. Events 590 - Bahram Chobin is crowned as king Barham VI of Persia. Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Every act that denies or limits the freedom of the individual in this country costs us the. . . confidence of men and women who aspire to that freedom and independence of which we speak and for which our ancestors fought. " – Ford Fiftieth Anniversary Show, CBS and NBC, June 1953, "Conclusion. " Murrow: His Life and Times, A. M. Sperber, Freundlich Books, 1986
• "We proclaim ourselves as indeed we are: The defenders of freedom, wherever it continues to exist in the world. But we cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home. "
• "We will not walk in fear, one of another. We will not be driven by fear into an age of unreason if we dig deep in our history and doctrine and remember that we are not descended from fearful men, not from men who feared to write, to speak, to associate and to defend causes which were, for the moment, unpopular. We can deny our heritage and our history, but we cannot escape responsibility for the result. There is no way for a citizen of the Republic to abdicate his responsibility. " - From the March 9, 1954, "See It Now" television broadcast on Senator Joe McCarthy.
• "A nation of sheep will beget a government of wolves. "
• "This is London. "
• "This I believe. " (name of a radio program hosted by Murrow from 1951 to 1955. This I Believe was a five-minute CBS Radio Network program hosted by journalist Edward R )
• "Good night, and good luck. "
• "Just because your voice reaches halfway around the world doesn't mean you are wiser than when it reached only to the end of the bar. "
• "To be persuasive, we must be believable; to be believable, we must be credible; to be credible, we must be truthful. "

References

External links and references

• Edward R. Murrow bibliography via UC Berkeley library
• New York Times obituary, April 28, 1965
• Edward R. Murrow Center of Public Diplomacy at Tufts University
• The Edward R. Murrow Legacy at Washington State University
• The Case for the Flying Saucers, 1950
• "Murrow, Edward R. " in Current Biography, 1942.
• "Murrow, Edward R. " in American National Biography (New York: Oxford University Press, 1999), Vol. 16.
• Edward R. Murrow and the Birth of Broadcast Journalism, by Bob Edwards (ISBN 0-471-47753-2)
• Edward R. Murrow at the Radio Hall of Fame
• Museum of Broadcast Communications, biography
• American Masters, a PBS series
• This I Believe, 1951, from National Public Radio
• RTNDA Convention Speech, 1958
• Edward R. Murrow and the Time of His Time by Joseph Wershba, CBS News writer, editor and correspondent, beginning in 1944; producer of 60 Minutes (1968-1988)
• The Night America Trembled, Murrow narrates The War of the Worlds for the Studio One television series, 1957
• Murrow, Edward R. Robert Alan Edwards (born May 16, 1947 in Louisville Kentucky) is an award-winning American Public radio broadcaster History The National Radio Hall of Fame and Museum, located in the Museum of Broadcast Communications in Chicago Illinois, is a Museum dedicated The Public Broadcasting Service ( PBS) is a Non-profit Public broadcasting Television service with 354 member TV stations in the Joseph Wershba (born August 19, 1920) was a professional journalist who joined the CBS News team in 1944 where he served as a writer editor and correspondent and Ed Bliss, "In Search of Light: The News Broadcasts of Edward R. Murrow" (New York: Alfred A. Knopf)
• Kendrick, Alexander "Prime Time: The Life of Edward R. Murrow" (New York).
• Sperber, A. M. "Murrow: His Life and Times" (New York:Freundlich Books 1986) reprinted by Fordham University Press
• Good Night, and Good Luck at the Internet Movie Database
• A Report on Senator Joseph McCarthy, transcript of the See It Now episode on Senator McCarthy
• The transcript of See it Now, March 9, 1954: "A Report on Senator Joseph R. McCarthy hosted by the UC Berkeley, Media Resources Center
• The transcript of See it Now, April 6, 1954: McCarthy rebuttal to Edward R. Murrow hosted by the UC Berkeley, Media Resources Center
• State Library of North Carolina, biography
• "Edward R. Murrow, Welcome To the Full-Spin Zone", Mark Leibovich, The Washington Post, March 27, 2005 (URL accessed February 4, 2006)
• Edward R. Murrow, "Holding A Mirror to Life" Flash website with multimedia
• Murrow radio broadcasts on Earthstation 1, Selected World War II broadcasts from London and Germany
• Text, Audio, Video of Murrow's CBS See It Now broadcast response to Senator Joseph McCarthyfrom AmericanRhetoric. The Washington Post is the largest and most circulated Newspaper in Washington D com

Persondata
NAME	Murrow, Edward R.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Murrow, Egbert Roscoe (birth name)
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Television journalist
DATE OF BIRTH	April 25, 1908
PLACE OF BIRTH	near Greensboro, North Carolina, United States
DATE OF DEATH	April 27, 1965
PLACE OF DEATH	New York City, New York, United States

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