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...strongest voice was that of CBS's Edward R. Murrow (Person to Person and See It Now), who is something more than just another commentator on the news. Murrow decided that "this is no time for men who oppose Senator McCarthy's methods to keep silent," and began preparing his See It Now (Tues. 10:30 p.m., CBS) program on the subject of McCarthy in action. When it went on the air, its impact was heightened by the course of events. While it was being prepared, McCarthy had successively locked in combat with the U.S. Army, Secretary Stevens...
Keeping his comment to a minimum, Murrow made his show largely from newsreel clips of McCarthy in action on the rostrum and the committee bench-a contrived but effective record of arrogance and assumed martyrdom, of half-stifled belches and heavy-handed humor. Radio & TV men spent the next day congratulating each other that the networks had, for once, shaken off their habitual timidity...
Last week Murrow returned to the fray. After announcing that McCarthy had accepted a bid to appear on See It Now in his own defense on April 6, Murrow devoted most of his show to a film report of the appearance of Annie Lee Moss before the McCarthy committee. It was nearly as devastating an indictment as the previous show, especially since it pictured McCarthy decamping from an unfavorable situation and leaving his harried counsel, Roy Cohn, to deal ineptly with the aroused Democratic members of the committee, who clearly felt that the accused witness was getting a raw deal...
...Person to Person (Fri. 10:30 p.m., CBS). Ed Murrow interviews Secretary of the Treasury George Humphrey and R.C.A. Board Chairman David Sarnoff...
Person to Person (Fri. 10:30 p.m., CBS). Ed Murrow interviews Ezio Pinza, Lilli Palmer, Rex Harrison...