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Edward R. Murrow
Broadcast Journalist
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American broadcast journalist whose live radio reports from London rooftops during the Blitz set the standard for broadcast news, and whose television program See It Now confronted Senator Joseph McCarthy in 1954. Murrow remains the professional conscience invoked whenever broadcast journalism debates its duty.
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Defining ContributionWartime radio reporting from London; See It Now and the McCarthy broadcasts 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
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The wartime London reports were radio.
Murrow's career spanned radio and television; See It Now is the television landmark.
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