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Mighty Movie Podcast: Good Night, and Good Luck's David Strathairn

Dan Persons | Posted 12.26.2012 | Entertainment
Read More: Red Scare, David Strathairn, George Clooney, Good Night and Good Luck, Joseph McCarthy, Edward R. Murrow, Entertainment News
Dan Persons

Released at a time when America's faith in journalism was undergoing serious turmoil, George Clooney's drama Good Night, and Good Luck was a stirring reminder of the importance of the institution.

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Dan Rather In His Own Voice

Tom Alderman | Posted 12.22.2012 | Books
Read More: White House, David Brinkley, George W. Bush, The Tiffany Network, Iraq, Cbs, Fox-Tv, Msnbc, Douglas Brinkley, Robert Trout, John Cameron Swayze, H.V. Kaltenborn, Peter Jennings, Vietnam War, Katie Couric, Dianne Sawyer, Sumner Redstone, Ernie Pyle, William Paley, Woodward and Bernstein, Dan Rather, Peabody Award, Lawrence of Arabia, King Richard, Richard Salant, Horace Greeley, Tom Wicker, Nellie Bly, Edward R. Murrow, Gunga Dan, Hachette Audio, John Peter Zenger, Barbara Walters, Georgia, Walter Cronkite, Jimmy Carter, Taliban, Norman Brokenshire, Afghanistan, Lyndon Johnson, Audiobook, Chet Huntley, Books News
Tom Alderman

We seem to iconize certain newsies which is maybe why we have two new biographies in audio and print about veteran television newsfolk: Walter Cronkite and Dan Rather.

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24 Hour News Killed Journalism

Jeff Sorensen | Posted 10.20.2012 | Detroit
Read More: 24 Hour News, TV News, 24-Hour News Cycle, 24-Hour-News-Stations, Confirmation Bias, Detroit Tigers, Edward R. Murrow, Detroit News
Jeff Sorensen

Serious journalism doesn't get the viewers anymore. Loud music over a waving U.S. flag and flickering lights bring in the audiences. Journalism is now clipped to a sentence that scrolls at the bottom of the screen.

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My Medicare Milestone

Joe Peyronnin | Posted 10.03.2012 | Fifty
Read More: John Cameron Swayze, Dwight Eisenhower, Captain Kangaroo, Shakespeare, United States, Medicare, Soviet Union, Baby Boomers, Edward R. Murrow, Fran and Ollie, Dr. Jonas Salk, Fifty News
Joe Peyronnin

Today I crossed a major milestone: I now qualify for Medicare. Yes, I am a Baby Boomer, and I am proud of it!

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Kin: A Conversation With Rodney Crowell

Mike Ragogna | Posted 08.13.2012 | Entertainment
Read More: The Oak Ridge Boys, Vince Gill, Rodney Crowell, Kris Kristofferson, Woody Guthrie, Bob Dylan, Bob Seger, John Levenathal, Edward R. Murrow, Tom T. Hall, Cherry, Kin, Lit, Emmylou Harris, Norah Jones, Walter Cronkite, The Liar's Club, Joe Henry, Rosanne Cash, Chinaberry Sidewalks, Bill Payne, Mary Karr, Lucinda Williams, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

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2012 Edward R. Murrow Award Winners Announced

Posted 06.12.2012 | Media
Read More: Edward R. Murrow Awards, Murrow Awards, NBC News, Nbc News Awards, Cbs News Awards, CBS News, Broadcast Awards, ABC News, Abc News Awards, Journalism Awards, Edward R. Murrow, Media News

The Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA) announced the winners of the 2012 Edward R. Murrow Awards on Tuesday. All the broadcast netwo...

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U.S. Diplomat Peter Van Buren Speaks About American Public Diplomacy

John Brown | Posted 06.24.2012 | World
Read More: Public Diplomacy, Alec Ross, Iraq, Public Affairs, Foreign Service, Cold War, Facebook, Voice of America, Twitter, Committee on Public Information, Propaganda, PETER VAN BUREN, United States Information Agency, State Department, Edward R. Murrow, Bbg, Haditha Massacre, Hillary Clinton, Afghanistan, World News
John Brown

"Any communications strategy plays second to reality. So as long as deaths from misplaced drone attacks, atrocities by soldiers and videos of Abu Ghraib exist, you are not going to fool anyone regardless of how many tweets you send out."

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Ike and Tail Gunner Joe

Tom Alderman | Posted 06.13.2012 | Books
Read More: Jim Newton, Eisenhower, Gop, Army-McCarthy Hearings, Communist, Commie, Wwii, Angels in America, Edward R. Murrow, Republican, Pulitzer Prize, Dwight Eisenhower, Tony Kushner, Audiobook, Roy Cohen, Joseph R. McCarthy, West Point, Bay of Pigs, President Eisenhower, Audiobook Review, Book Review, Eisenhower Biography, Books News
Tom Alderman

Several people report they cannot forgive Eisenhower's moral and political failure to speak out and repudiate McCarthy. That is not how it went down with Ike, according to Jim Newton's excellent new biography, Eisenhower: The White House Years.

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What Is Reality on Reality TV?

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.26.2012 | Entertainment
Read More: Paris Hilton, Reality Television, Project Runway, See It Now, My Crazy Obsession, Tlc, Wipeout, Queen for a Day, Truth or Consequences, Super Sloppy Double Dare, Snooki, Fear Factor, Major Bowes' Amateur Hour, Marshall Fine Commentary, Kfc, The Biggest Loser, The Simple Life, An American Family, Survivor, The Voice, Jersey Shore, The Learning Channel, America's Next Top Model, Nicole Ritchie, Kelloggs Corn Pops, The Gong Show, Marshall Fine Blog, Edward R. Murrow, The Real Housewives, Amazing Race, Marshall Fine, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Ted Mack and the Original Amateur Hour, American Idol, Top Chef, Extreme Makeover, Entertainment News
Marshall Fine

Indeed, all these shows had their forebears in the days of radio. But, for the sake of argument, let's leave our family-tree tracing to the early days of TV. There are really only four models for most reality shows, four shows from which all others spring.

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C-SPAN Is America

Brent Budowsky | Posted 05.21.2012 | Media
Read More: Woodward and Bernstein, Ben Bradlee, Walter Cronkite, Paul Fahri, Newton Minnow, Vast Wasteland, Civil War, New Deal, Ronald Reagan, Book Tv, C-Span, Ernest Hemingway, Democracy, Televising the Supreme Court, Free Press, Brian Lamb, George Washington, Citizens United, Abraham Lincoln, Rob Kennedy, Edward R. Murrow, Susan Swain, F. Scott Fitzgerald, John F. Kennedy, Freedom, Supreme Court, News Cycle, Informed Citizenry, Katharine Graham, Ted Turner, Franklin Roosevelt, Media News
Brent Budowsky

While our politics have become a shouting match of pander and slander, name-calling and talking points, celebrity media and instant misanalysis, C-SPAN shines as an exemplar of what a free press in a free nation should be.

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WATCH: Franks Sinatra Take Us On A House Tour

Posted 02.15.2012 | Los Angeles
Read More: Frank Sinatra House, Frank Sinatra Address, "Person to Person", Trousdale Estates, Frank Sinatra Beverly Hills, Frank Sinatra Trousdale, Edward R. Murrow, Video, Los Angeles News

"Frank Sinatra is, well ... Frank Sinatra," said Edward R. Murrow on his show 1956. He was introducing a rare "Person to Person" segment wherein the s...

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CBS Exploits Murrow Legacy In Revived Person to Person

Nancy Snow | Posted 04.08.2012 | Media
Read More: Lara Logan, George Clooney, Charlie Rose, Person to Person, Cbs This Morning, Edward R. Murrow, Cbs Person to Person, Media News
Nancy Snow

In his time Murrow never favored Person to Person, not only because he seemed bored with the format but also because it was referred to as "Murrow Lite."

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Remembering Poverty Before the Safety Net

Dan Morgan | Posted 02.21.2012 | Politics
Read More: Farm Workers, Child Poverty, Hunger, Social Security, Poverty, Earned Income Tax Credit, Malnutrition, Michael Harrington, Newt Gingrich, Tea Party, Poverty Rate, Edward R. Murrow, Politics News
Dan Morgan

In an ideal world, families, churches, and volunteer organizations -- exemplifying the idea that we Americans take care of our own without relying on government -- would be the safety net. But this isn't an ideal world.

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CBS Announces Revival Of Famous News Series

Posted 12.16.2011 | Media
Read More: Edward R. Murrow Person to Person, Cbs Person to Person, Edward Murrow, Lara Logan, Video, CBS News, Cbs This Morning, Edward R. Murrow, Charlie Rose, Media News

CBS News announced on Thursday that the network will revive its famous "Person to Person" series with "CBS This Morning" host Charlie Rose, and "60 Mi...

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Hollywood Occupying Hope

Brent Budowsky | Posted 01.14.2012 | Home
Read More: Sammy Davis Jr, Poverty, Grapes of Wrath Foreclosures, Economic Crisis, Julia Roberts, Edward R Murrow, Civil Rights, Frank Sinatra, Angelina Jolie, Ocean's Eleven, A Better Life, Brad Pitt, Pay Equity, Joblessness, Fair Deal, Entertainers, Arianna Huffington, George Clooney, 99 Percent, Matt Damon, Occupy Wall Street, Justice, John F Kennedy, Job Creation, Gilded Age, Frank Capra, Hollywood, American Dream, Home News
Brent Budowsky

Find me a few stars of stage, screen and song with the principle and courage that Frank Sinatra showed when he stood up for his brother Sammy Davis Jr. in the 1950's and you can change the world and help end this cold season of hardship and discontent.

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Captain America vs. Osama Bin Laden

Robert Brenner | Posted 07.10.2011 | Comedy
Read More: Libya, Marvel Comics, Superheroes, Hitler, Stalin, Michael Moore, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Glenn Beck, Iraq, Movies, Captain America, Osama Bin Laden, North Korea, Father Coughlin, Superman, Internet, Moral-Ambiguity, Fdr, Cable News, George W. Bush, Barack Obama, Edward R. Murrow, Comedy News
Robert Brenner

It was easier during World War II. You knew who your enemies were--Hitler, Tojo, the Red Skull. And you knew who your allies were, too--Churchill, Stalin, the Submariner.

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Al Gore and Keith Olbermann: A Moment of Truth for Cable News

Brent Budowsky | Posted 06.28.2011 | Media
Read More: Currenttv, Cable Tv, Cable News, Media, Al Gore, Trust in Media, Keith Olbermann, Edward R. Murrow, Media News
Brent Budowsky

Keith Olbermann has expressed concern about the influence of corporate ownership of news media. Until Al Gore entered the picture it was impossible to fully quantify the impact of corporate ownership of news. With his new show, we'll finally see.

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Richard Dreyfuss Holds Media Accountable

Mike Smith | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Read More: Richard Dreyfuss, Diane Ravitch, Newton Minnow, Gabrielle Giffords, Civility, Political Incivility, National Press Club, Edward R. Murrow, Media News
Mike Smith

Actor Richard Dreyfuss, 63, is applying his passion to a new act: calling the collective media to task.

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The Advocate

Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Read More: Daily Show, First Responders, Jon Stewart, Michael Bloomberg, 9/11, New York City Firefighter Brotherhood Foundation, 9/11 First Responders, Edward R. Murrow, Media News

Did the bill pledging federal funds for the health care of 9/11 responders become law in the waning hours of the 111th Congress only because a comedia...

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Truth and Propaganda

Nancy Snow | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Read More: Usia, Migrant Workers, Muckraking, Propaganda, U.S. Information Agency, Harvest of Shame, Cbs, CBS Reports, United States Information Agency, Edward R. Murrow, Truth, Media News
Nancy Snow

Fifty years ago on that Friday, November 25, 1960, the best-fed people in the world were still recovering from Thanksgiving. They weren't prepared for...

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Ted Sorensen, JFK's Speechwriter: A Tribute

Nancy Snow | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Usia, New Frontier, American University, Thomas C. Sorensen, Ted Sorensen, Tom Sorensen, Theodore Sorensen, Kennedy Speech at American University, Jfk, Edward R. Murrow, Politics News
Nancy Snow

Just yesterday I was reading about Ted Sorensen and his involvement with choosing the head of America's propaganda agency, USIA, after Kennedy's elect...

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The U.S. Human Rights Report: Courage and Candor Are Signs of Strength

Wade Henderson, Esq. | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: John F. Kennedy, President Obama, Human Rights, Martin Luther King, UN Commission on Human Rights, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Universal Periodic Review, UN Human Rights Council, Franklin Roosevelt, Civil Rights, State Department, Edward R. Murrow, Politics News
Wade Henderson, Esq.

Last year, I was part of an official U.S. delegation that met with members of the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva. President Obama had just given ...

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Daniel Schorr, Remembering

Craig Crawford | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Read More: Nikita Khrushchev, Daniel Schorr, Richard Nixon, Edward R. Murrow, Media News
Craig Crawford

Just a few weeks before his death on Friday, I interviewed the 93-year-old journalist about his career, which spanned 60 years as a correspondent for CBS, CNN and NPR.

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Epitaph for a Journalist and Journalism

Nancy Snow | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Read More: This Is Daniel Schorr, Daniel Schorr, National Public Radio, Eric Sevareid, Npr, Howard K. Smith, Murrow's Boys, Edward R. Murrow, Media News
Nancy Snow

The nonagenarian voice of NPR, one of "Murrow's Boys" at CBS, Daniel Schorr, has died at 93. In honor of his passing, let's take a moment today and think about the state of media in America.

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Monahan Brothers' Cross-Country Walk to Overturn 'Corporate Personhood'

Michele Swenson | Posted 05.25.2011 | Denver
Read More: U.S. Senate Candidate Andrew Romanoff, Constitutional Amendment to Overturn Corporate Personhood, Corporate Stranglehold on 3 Branches of Government, Citizens United v. FEC, Robin & Laird Monahan, Cross-Country Walk to Reclaim Democracy, Money-as-Speech, U.S. Senate Candidate Bob Kinsey, Edward R. Murrow, , Fair Elections Now Act, Denver News
Michele Swenson

On Monday, two brothers from Minnesota, Robin and Laird Monahan, made a detour to Denver on their cross-country walk to encourage people to recl...

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