Word: severeid
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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John F. Day, News Director of CBS, last night explained his alleged censorship of commentators Edward R. Murrow and Eric Severeid, stating that journalists must have "the will and intent to be objective...
...decided that Severeid's script was editorial, not analytical," Day continued. "There was no time to rewrite it, so we kept the program...
...broadcasting industry again demonstrated its squeamishness as CBS cancelled Eric Severeid's broadcast last Wednesday evening criticizing the State Department's decision to prevent U.S. newsmen from entering China. Edward R. Murrow, whose criticism of the same policy on the same network was allowed to run because it was read by a different editor, has reportedly been severely criticized by top CBS officials for "editorializing...
...consistently lucid commentary, held up best under the week's strain. His biggest coup: getting Ave Harriman inside the fishbowl to exchange blessings with Estes Kefauver on a split-screen hookup (denounced as "electronic fakery" by rival ABC). CBS's seasoned twosome of Ed Murrow and Eric Severeid was seen only fleetingly, bantering the big picture with the casualness of network executives at a ball game...