What's my Line? Edward R Murrow
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@iown813 He is partisan, and he does throw bombs... however he's mostly right too. Also unlike the other side of his positions his accounts all have a basis in reality. Murrow came form a time when op-ed reporting was neither invited nor acceptable, but I'm confident their politics would have also been similar..
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I wasn't the one who made the comparison originally, but I do agree with it. You're of course free to make your own decisions.
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@Hardryv Olbermann is a partisan hack and vile bomb thrower
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Read "Due to Circumstances Beyond Our Control..." by Murrow's "See It Now" producer and former CBS News president Fred W. Friendly about the increasing economic pressures from the network that eventually killed "See It Now" and how they started adversely affecting network television journalism even in the 1960's. Friendly's book was essentially a warning about what television journalism has become.
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"Do a lot of people see you in whatever your job is?" "I hope so!!"
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12/7/52. Murrow was undoubtedly the best in the business, though I would also certainly put Daly and Cronkite in that upper echelon of "newsmen" as well. Murrow was almost never without a cigarette, and was certainly not the only MG who lit up...I remember many others puffing away in that seat; in the earliest days of the show, John and the panel smoked on camera as well. The times were different....
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@Hardryv You must be joking.
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There will only ever be one Ed Murrow, but I still consider it an honor and a privilege to have witnessed the entire MSNBC career of his modern spiritual successor -- Keith Olbermann.
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The people on TV in those days were classy - just the opposite today
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Even here Mr. Murrow could not resist lighting up. The addiction to tobacco is that virulent.
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It's amazing how much more intellectual and eloquent even the most average daytime shows used to be. It irritates me that this level of language and dialogue is now restricted to elitist debating situations and political arenas.
boiledelephant 2 years ago 25
Don't forget - John Charles Daly - the host of What's My Line? was in the same category, and will always be remembered as a first-class journalist.
illadrobici 2 years ago 14