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Edward R Murrow.. he could have been talking about trump (Original Post) Cha Jan 2017 OP
KICK Cha Jan 2017 #1
I like Edward R. Murrow AmericanActivist Jan 2017 #2
I miss him so much.. that kind of reporting. Another quote Cha Jan 2017 #3
It does seem laughable now, given the current AmericanActivist Jan 2017 #4
It's like he was prescient! Cha Jan 2017 #5
I believe he was warning us of a person of his time... IthinkThereforeIAM Jan 2017 #7
Yes, and here it is now 2016 and we have an exponentially Cha Jan 2017 #8
"not to mistake slogans for solutions" WOW! AmericanActivist Jan 2017 #11
We need an Edward R. Murrow now so much. nt Raine Jan 2017 #6
We need to hear more from JoY Ann Reid.. she doesn't take Cha Jan 2017 #9
George Carlin.. and our US media****** keeps 'em Ignorant Cha Jan 2017 #10

Cha

(296,848 posts)
3. I miss him so much.. that kind of reporting. Another quote
Tue Jan 3, 2017, 02:49 AM
Jan 2017
"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.

IthinkThereforeIAM

(3,075 posts)
7. I believe he was warning us of a person of his time...
Tue Jan 3, 2017, 04:16 AM
Jan 2017

... Nixon. Everything started going to hell when he started sticking his nose into DC.

AmericanActivist

(1,019 posts)
11. "not to mistake slogans for solutions" WOW!
Thu Jan 5, 2017, 12:17 AM
Jan 2017

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.

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