Edward+R.+Murrow+Reports+on+the+Blitz

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Edward R.Murrow (April 25, 1908– April 27,1965) was an American broadcast journalist who first came to prominence with a series of radio news broadcasts during World War II. These broadcasts were followed by millions of listeners in the United States and Canada during WWII.

For more info on Murrow's life and work, click here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_R._Murrow

For those interested, George Clooney directed a movie [|"Good Night, and Good Luck"] about Murrow's later career in television and his battle against Sen. Joseph McCarthy whose single-minded crusade to quell the Communist threat at home. Despite corporate pressure to back off, Murrow and his CBS staff vowed to examine the lies and fear tactics perpetrated by McCarthy during his Communist witch-hunts. We will explore this era later in the semester.