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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsEdward R Murrow.. he could have been talking about trump
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ETA to add~ We need to hear more from Joy Ann Reid.. we don't have anyone like Edward R Murrow as our News Broadcasters, though.
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Edward R Murrow.. he could have been talking about trump (Original Post)
Cha
Jan 2017
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AmericanActivist
(1,019 posts)2. I like Edward R. Murrow
"We shall not walk in fear, one of another." ERM
Goodnight and Good Luck
Cha
(296,848 posts)3. I miss him so much.. that kind of reporting. Another quote
"To be persuasive we must be believable; to be believable we must be credible; credible we must be truthful."
This seems laughable now with the US media and who got selected for potus.
This seems laughable now with the US media and who got selected for potus.
AmericanActivist
(1,019 posts)4. It does seem laughable now, given the current
state of affairs, yet, it is very true.
Cha
(296,848 posts)5. It's like he was prescient!
"Our major obligation is not to mistake slogans for solutions. Edward R. Murrow"
https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/e/edward_r_murrow.html
https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/e/edward_r_murrow.html
IthinkThereforeIAM
(3,075 posts)7. I believe he was warning us of a person of his time...
... Nixon. Everything started going to hell when he started sticking his nose into DC.
Cha
(296,848 posts)8. Yes, and here it is now 2016 and we have an exponentially
worse Terrorizer for the 21st Century.
AmericanActivist
(1,019 posts)11. "not to mistake slogans for solutions" WOW!
I've said since GHWB years that GOP prefers governing by PR stunts and sound bytes, which basically is like the "slogan" ERM refers to. The USA desperately needs real solutions to real problems.
Raine
(30,540 posts)6. We need an Edward R. Murrow now so much. nt
Cha
(296,848 posts)9. We need to hear more from JoY Ann Reid.. she doesn't take
shit from anyone.
Cha
(296,848 posts)10. George Carlin.. and our US media****** keeps 'em Ignorant