Due to Circumstances Beyond Our Control . . .
Published on 6. March 2013
384 pages
978-0-307-82440-0 (ISBN)
Description
This discourse on the importance of television in society presents Friendly's uncannily prescient views on the corrosive effect of money on the news business, the sensationalization of news reporting, and the viewing public's appetite for quality broadcasting.
With Edward R. Murrow, Fred Friendly practically invented television journalism. Through telling anecdotes and penetrating analysis, he recalls his collaborations with Murrow, from their stinging documentary on Senator Joseph McCarthy to CBS's pioneering coverage of the burgeoning civil rights and anti-Vietnam War movements. Friendly also recounts his resignation as president of CBS News in 1966, when the network ran reruns of I Love Lucy instead of Senate hearings on the war in Vietnam. Following that controversial decision, he began writing this memorable book.
With Edward R. Murrow, Fred Friendly practically invented television journalism. Through telling anecdotes and penetrating analysis, he recalls his collaborations with Murrow, from their stinging documentary on Senator Joseph McCarthy to CBS's pioneering coverage of the burgeoning civil rights and anti-Vietnam War movements. Friendly also recounts his resignation as president of CBS News in 1966, when the network ran reruns of I Love Lucy instead of Senate hearings on the war in Vietnam. Following that controversial decision, he began writing this memorable book.
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Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1 Something of a Hero: Milo Radulovich
- 2 The McCarthy Broadcast
- 3 The Strange Death of See It Now
- 4 The Strange Birth of CBS Reports
- 5 As Murrow and Smith Go .
- 6 Normandy, the Boston Bookies and the Awards Worth Keeping
- 7 What Every President Should Know
- 8 New Hand on the Big Switch
- 9 Air Time for Vietnam
- 10 Common Stock vs. the Commonweal
- 11 The Beginning: Circumstances Within Our Control
- Dedication
- About the Author
