Word: murrow
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...contradition between the words of one high government official and the actions of another is only one of the ironies of this inexplicable blunder. The most implausible aspect is the identity of the would-be censor: Edward R. Murrow. During his 25 years as a radio and television news commentator Murrow consistently up-held the principles of freedom of information. When some of his programs were criticized on the grounds that they portrayed the U.S. in an unfavorable light, he replied--quite correctly--that the faults as well as the virtues of the country must be exposed if other nations...
Since the accuracy of the film has been questioned, it is significant as well as ironic that it was produced by Murrow himself while on the staff of CBS news. In defending his suppression, Murrow contended that he had produced the film "solely for domestic presentation." This is a feeble excuse. If Murrow means that the grim portrayal of the migrant worker was exaggerated, he should say so. However, in view of the unquestioned integrity of Murrow's previous documentaries, this hypothesis seems highly untenable...
Deep-toned ex-TV Pundit Edward R. Murrow, the new boss of USIA, has already begun to make his presence felt. Staffers departing for the evening now somberly bid each other a Humurrowesque "Good night-and good luck...
...target. Hearst newspapers from Boston (the Record) to Los Angeles (the Examiner) ran an editorial blast at Historian Arthur Schlesinger Jr.'s appointment as a presidential speechwriter on the ground that he is "politically far, far out," can only be an "added weight" on President Kennedy. Edward R. Murrow's job as chief of the U.S. Information Agency, while welcomed by such columnists as the New York Times's Washington Bureau Chief James Reston and the Christian Science Monitor's William H. Stringer, prompted Publisher John S. Knight's Miami Herald to part company...
...blood had been instilled in CBS news during the war by Edward R. Murrow, some of whose proteges imitated his sepulchral tones and adopted his left-of-center emotions; the so-called "Murrow Boys" included Eric Sevareid, Charles Collingwood and Larry Le Sueur. The Murrow style has long since come to seem stale, and the proof lies in the widespread acceptance of the far more informal Huntley-Brinkley format. But CBS's problems go even farther back. When Sig Mickelson joined CBS in 1949, he began trying to build his own news organization, and a Murrow-Mickelson rift developed...