Edward R. Murrow

The Return Of McCarthyism: Hysteria In Action On The Right (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 11.21.2009 | Politics

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***UPDATE 9/22/09*** I haven't found another embeddable version yet, but sharp-eyed reader Mark points out that you can watch the video here. ***UPDA...

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Network News Chiefs: The Future's So Bright!

Rory O'Connor | Posted 11.12.2009 | Media

Read More: Sean McManus, Cnn, David Westin, Steve Capus, NBC News, Walter Cronkite, CBS News, ABC News, Jonathan Klein, Edward R. Murrow, Media News
Rory O'Connor

At the normally staid Council on Foreign Relations' 60th anniversary celebration of the Edward R. Murrow Press Fellowship, denial was the order of the day.

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The New McCarthyists: Fear and Smear

Michael Likosky | Posted 10.22.2009 | Politics

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Michael Likosky

New McCarthyists conjure "socialism," "communism," "marxism," and other "shocking labels" to drum up hate-mongering.

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Open Letter to the Next Generation of Cronkites

Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 08.21.2009 | Media

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Youth Radio -- Youth Media International

As we embrace Twitter and the blog, we must also be committed to forging a new pathway to the truth and the hard work of uncovering the information necessary to sustain a healthy democracy.

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That's the Way It Was

B. Jeffrey Madoff | Posted 08.18.2009 | Media

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B. Jeffrey Madoff

I wanted my kids to watch a few examples of what the news was like when I was their age so I put on the clip of Cronkite's coverage of the Kennedy assassination. "Wow", my son said. "That was so quiet and so powerful."

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The (2nd) Oldest Trade

Sheila Shayon | Posted 08.15.2009 | Media

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Sheila Shayon

Serious attention should be paid to the media diet we are being fed -- and its effects on our minds and hearts.

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Edward R. Murrow Awards: CBS Wins Best Newscast, NBC Takes Five

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 07.30.2009 | Media

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NBC News won five Edward R. Murrow Awards, but the "CBS Evening News" won for best broadcast, the Radio-Television News Directors Association announce...

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"No Sense of Decency" Welch v. McCarthy: A Smear Undone

Kenneth C. Davis | Posted 07.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Communism, Joseph Welch, George Clooney, Dwight Eisenhower, Joseph McCarthy, Edward R. Murrow, Politics News
Kenneth C. Davis

The dramatic moment marked a turning point in the so-called McCarthy Era. It came during one of the first nationally televised Senate hearings, known as the Army-McCarthy hearings.

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Who Is Pressing The Pressmen?

Emily Bracken | Posted 04.29.2009 | Comedy

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Emily Bracken

Humorists and comedians are a curious bunch. Quixotic by nature, they want so desperately to live in a world of decency, fairness and goodness, and in Stewart's case, in a world where the media grew some cajones.

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Remembering Edward R. Murrow

Don Hewitt | Posted 03.29.2009 | Media

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Don Hewitt

Today, the TV techs are virtual wizards at getting us on the air in a flash -- even from the moon -- which is nothing short of amazing. What is also "nothing short of amazing" is how much unadulterated drivel finds its way onto the tube.

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An Open Letter to President Obama

Faisal J. Abbas | Posted 02.20.2009 | World

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Faisal J. Abbas

Mr. President, you bring a lot of hope to my region, and people are counting on you to make a change for the better and to once and for all bring peace and prosperity to this very troubled part of the world.

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CBS Can't Die

Ed Madison | Posted 02.12.2009 | Media

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Ed Madison

Years earlier, right out of college, I was hired to join the team that launched CNN. Visionary Ted Turner had this crazy notion that people would want to watch 24 hours of non-stop news.

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We Want Obama Say Murrow Foreign Journalists at Syracuse University

Nancy Snow | Posted 11.09.2008 | Media

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Nancy Snow

The vast majority of Arabs are moderate and do not support violent extremism. This is not a silent majority, but a silenced majority.

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Silencing Journalism

Sandra Fu | Posted 06.20.2008 | Media

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Sandra Fu

Why are most of our journalists less like Edward R. Murrow and more like show ponies? What they really need to do is consider the journalists in other parts of the world where more than a salary is at stake -- they pay with their lives.

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