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The mccarthy era: 1948-1957

The mccarthy era: 1948-1957. RTV 3007 • Intro to Television. Tv news in 1953. Today Show starred David Garroway and J. Fred Muggs NBC’s Camel News Caravan and CBS TV News – 15 minutes of filmed newlsreels with anchor readings

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The mccarthy era: 1948-1957

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  1. The mccarthy era: 1948-1957 RTV 3007 • Intro to Television

  2. Tv news in 1953 • Today Show starred David Garroway and J. Fred Muggs • NBC’s Camel News Caravan and CBS TV News – 15 minutes of filmed newlsreels with anchor readings • Television news emphasized visual stories: press conferences, photo opportunities, local disasters • Stringers, loosely allied with networks, provided all international and much national coverage • Radio’s tradition of news analysis was absentfrom TV. Exception: See It Now

  3. Murrow vsmccarthy • Edward R. Murrow established himself as a journalist by reporting from London during the World War 2 blitz • In 1951 Murrow and Fred Friendly created See It Now • In 1953 See It Now covered the dismissal of Lt. Milo Radulovichfrom the Air Force because his family was thought to be Communist sympathizers • During 1953-1954 See It Now ran several segments on McCarthy • “The line between investigating and persecuting is a very fine one, and the junior senator from Wisconsin has stepped over it repeatedly.”

  4. Good night and good luck • David Straithaim plays Edward R. Murrow • George Clooney plays CBS producer Fred Friendly • Film uses actual footage of Senator Joseph McCarthy (R-WI) • Other characters • William Paley, CEO of CBS • Don Hollenbeck, CBS News anchor accused of being a “pinko” • Lt. Milo Radulovich, separated from the US Air Force in 1953 • Annie Lee Moss, Pentagon worker accused of being a Communist • Film begins and ends with Murrow’s speech to the RTNDA in 1958

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