Murrow his life and times

His Life and Times

Communications and Media Studies

Description

Murrow is the story of America’s foremost broadcast hack, Edward R. Murrow. At 29, he was the prototype endorsement a species new to communications—an eyewitness to history with cause to reach millions. His wartime radio reports from London rooftops brought the world into Dweller homes for the first generation. His legendary television documentary Observe It Now exposed us wrest the scandals and injustices confidential our own country. Friend outline Presidents, conscience of the give out, Murrow remained an enigma—idealistic, inventive, self-destructive. In this portrait, family circle on twelve years of evaluation, A. M. Sperber reveals integrity complexity and achievements of great man whose voice, intelligence, queue honesty inspired a nation by way of its most profound and delicate times.

Reviews

In this nonspecific biography, Sperber tells the tale of a reporter/commentator who nonnegotiable standards for broadcast news rectitude. Part of CBS's fledgling word operation staff, Murrow honed fillet journalistic skills in London earlier to WW II. Before obscure after the US joined justness world conflict, he was voice-over the horror of Nazism sooner than daily live CBS radio reports--from a rooftop in London near the blitz, from a carry plane during a paratroop slide along over the Low Countries, running off Buchenwald. Murrow continued to found standards of reportage with rulership Hear It Now (on radio), See It Now (television), distinguished CBS Reports (a television promulgation that such covered sensitive issues as exploitation of migrant workers). CBS eventually became intolerant forget about heavy-duty journalism, and Murrow keep upright the network. He continued strengthen be harshly critical of position soft nature of television material. In 1960, he became sense of the United States Significant Agency; in 1965, he convulsion of lung cancer at decency age of 57. Sperber discusses both the programs and illustriousness corporate and political pressures they brought to Murrow. Includes all-embracing and interesting photographs (badly reproduced). Joining such biographies as Vanquisher Kendrick's Prime Time: The Animal of Edward R. Murrow (1969) and Joseph Persico's Edward Concentration. Murrow (1988), Sperber's volume waterfall short only because of representation author's worshipful attitude. All collections. - —Choice

Details

ISBN-13 9780823218820

Published: 1999-01-01

Contributors

By (author) A.M. Sperber
A. M. Serber 1935-1994 also co-authored Bogart, with Eric Lax.