Edward Murrow
Edward Murrow
Edward R. Murrow KBEwas an American broadcast journalist. He first came to prominence with a series of radio broadcasts for the news division of the Columbia Broadcasting System during World War II, which were followed by millions of listeners in the United States. During the war he assembled a team of foreign correspondents who came to be known as the Murrow Boys...
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This instrument can teach, it can illuminate; yes, and it can even inspire. But it can do so only to the extent that humans are determined to use it to those ends. Otherwise it is merely wires and lights in a box. There is a great and perhaps decisive battle to be fought against ignorance, intolerance and indifference. This weapon of television could be useful.
Is that what's going around? I haven't had any calls.
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The politician is trained in the art of inexactitude. His words tend to be blunt or rounded, because if they have a cutting edge they may later return to wound him.
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baleful look of the eyes, the tilt of the head - it's the real Murrow.
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After last night's debate, the reputation of Messieurs Lincoln and Douglas is secure.
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Just because your voice reaches halfway around the world, doesn't mean that you are wiser than when it reached only to the end of the bar.
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I'll split it with Fred. He just won't have Christmas presents.