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ISBN: 0471477532

ISBN13: 9780471477532

Edward R. Murrow and the Birth of Broadcast Journalism (Turning Points in History)

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By Bob Edwards

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"Get it, read it, and pass it on." -Bill Moyers

"Most Americans living today never heard Ed Murrow in a live broadcast. This book is for them I want them to know that broadcast journalism was established by someone with the highest standards. Tabloid crime stories, so much a part of the lust for ratings by today's news broadcasters, held no interest for Murrow. He did like Hollywood celebrities, but interviewed them for his entertainment programs; they had no place on his news programs. My book is focused on this life in journalism. I offer it in the hope that more people in and out of the news business will get to know Ed Murrow. Perhaps in time the descent from Murrow's principles can be reversed." --Bob Edwards

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0471477532

ISBN13:9780471477532

Release Date:April 2004

Publisher:Wiley (TP)

Length:174 Pages

Weight:0.66 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 5.3" x 8.1"

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By Thriftbooks.com User, September 20, 2004

What a timely book, what with CBS mired in a controversy that seems connected with wanting to make news rather than report news. Murrow was simply the best at reporting the news and in informing the reader and viewer of problems which in turn empowered the viewer to be more of a participant in their government, community and world. This is such a great book if only because it speaks to the value of honesty, integrity and...

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The Birth of Broadcast Journalism

By Thriftbooks.com User, June 26, 2004

Edward R. Murrow is to broadcasting news just as Red Barber is to broadcasting baseball. The book is at once a brief history of a new and quicker way of delivering news to people during a critical time in the world's history in addition to profiles of other Murrow Boys such as Howard K. Smith, Richard C. Hottelet, William Shirer, Eric Sevareid, Charles Collingwood, and other members who reported on World War II. Murrow's...

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A Quote from Bob Edwards and a Gen X Thumbs Up

By Thriftbooks.com User, June 15, 2004

I wasn't born till long after Edward R. Murrow passed away, so I hadn't considered reading this book till I heard Bob Edwards give a interview/talk about Murrow on the Atlanta stop of his book tour. The best way to sum up this fascinating book is with a quote from Bob Edwards the author, himself -- "Most Americans living today never heard Ed Murrow in a live broadcast. This book is for them. I want them to know that broadcast...

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Worth reading

By Thriftbooks.com User, May 30, 2004

I probably wouldn't have read this book if it hadn't been written by Bob Edwards. (I have a three foot pile of unread books. It used to be four feet, but I slowed my buying rate until I get caught up.) Not reading it would have been a mistake.This is a very readable, well written book. (I was actually through with the first chapter by the time it was my turn to get my book signed.) All of book in this series (Turning...

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Remembering Murrow

By Thriftbooks.com User, May 5, 2004

I am too young to have heard the eloquent broadcasts of Edward R. Murrow. But that does not lessen my appreciation of him. In my office hangs a Murrow poster: a Museum of Broadcasting photo of him with the ever present cigarette dangling from his fingertips. From my father's album collection, I inherited one of the "I Can Hear It Now" LPs, and I have listened to it many times. In my videocollection, I own the very first "See...

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