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The Circus (Original Post)
kpete
Nov 2019
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Pendejo45 would call both Murrow & Cronkite, liberal fake news talking heads n/t
aggiesal
Nov 2019
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Stuart G
(38,527 posts)1. K and R.. This is total truth, and Thank YOu for posting..
UpInArms
(51,313 posts)2. I miss the steady voices
Of Murrow and Cronkite
GeorgeGist
(25,329 posts)3. Sorry ,but Ed ...
never met a modern "journalist".
aggiesal
(9,045 posts)4. Pendejo45 would call both Murrow & Cronkite, liberal fake news talking heads n/t
PatSeg
(48,401 posts)5. What a great quote
and so timely. It seemed so spot on to today's politicians, I had to go and double check that he really said it and yes he did!
Thanks for posting!
https://quoteinvestigator.com/2016/05/30/political-circus/
lark
(23,357 posts)6. True then, true now, probably true for all time
Hermit-The-Prog
(34,080 posts)7. creepy how he knew, back then, about Nunes, Jordan, and co-conspirators
Paka
(2,760 posts)8. During the HUAC insanity...
Edward R. Murrow was my hero. I was 7 when I first discovered him. With two far right gop parents, I had to secretly hide with my radio to listen to him. It was the first stirrings of my liberal self bursting forth.