tagged w/ Edward R. Murrow
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All about the British elections of 1951.
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Another day in history . . . .
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News of this day in history and the long, drawn-out process of ending the Korean War.
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Actor/writer/director Tom McCarthy (who has helmed such films as The Station Agent, The Visitor, and the forthcoming Win Win) only had a small part in Syriana, but it led to a job on George Clooney's next project.
Actor/writer/director Tom McCarthy (who has helmed such films as The Station Agent,... more
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A documentary narrated by Edward R. Murrow on New York Street Gangs of the 1950's. West Side Story for real.A documentary narrated by Edward R. Murrow on New York Street Gangs of the... more
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Edward R. Murrow and The News for January 25, 1951 - the economy was lousy, the war was dragging and Congress were at each others throats. Is this Deja Vu? One wonders . . .Edward R. Murrow and The News for January 25, 1951 - the economy was lousy, the war... more
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Given this past week’s Washington Post articles on the growth industry that secrecy, intelligence, surveillance and just plain old eavesdropping have become I am at a loss to understand how anyone with a military background was able to just disappear much less 17 non-American military members.Given this past week’s Washington Post articles on the growth industry that... more
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Television news was once a place where networks expected to lose money. Now ratings make newsrooms just like any other entertainment outlet. The Edward R. Murrow/Walter Cronkite newsroom was a place where serious people investigated serious topics, regardless of their inherent profitability. Today, there’s little distinction between the Daily Show bullpen and the CNN newsroom.Television news was once a place where networks expected to lose money. Now ratings... more
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Many journalists have come to think of the comedian (above) as a kind of external standards-and-practices cop — and one whose nightstick leaves painfully embarrassing welts, says NBC anchor Brian Williams. He explains why no journalist wants to show up on The Daily Show unless he's got a book to promote.
For decades, young reporters would ask themselves, "What would Walter think?" Nowadays, it's not the memory of Walter Cronkite or even Edward R. Murrow that motivates some reporters — it's more often the fear that the stories they put out today might get picked apart by Jon Stewart tomorrow.
Prominent among the wary: NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams, who recently explained in a magazine essay that The Daily Show host "has gone from optional to indispensable" in just a few short years.
And Williams tells NPR's Guy Raz that on occasion, when he feels his broadcast tap-dancing toward the precipice — tossing around a story idea for "what I call Margaret Mead journalism — where we 'discover Twitter,' " for instance, or entertaining some other unfortunate editorial possibility — "I will, and have, said that, 'You know, maybe we can just give a heads-up to Jon to set aside some time for that tonight.'
"I should quickly add, we have another set of standards we put our stories through," Williams cautions. "But Jon's always in the back of my mind. ... When you make The Daily Show, it's usually not for a laurel, it's for a dart."
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=2Many journalists have come to think of the comedian (above) as a kind of external... more
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