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Edward Roscoe „Ed“ Murrow war ein US-amerikanischer Journalist.

✵ 25. April 1908 – 27. April 1965
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“We cannot make good news out of bad practice.”

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Edward R. Murrow

Response as director of the U.S. Information Agency to Senate critics who wanted him to ignore racial problems to promote a better public image abroad. As quoted in Life (7 May 1965)

“…if what I say is responsible, I alone am responsible for the saying of it…”

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RTNDA Convention Speech (1958)

“If radio news is to be regarded as a commodity, only acceptable when saleable, and only when packaged to fit the advertising appropriation of a sponsor, then I don't care what you call it — I say it isn't news.”

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RTNDA Convention Speech (1958)

“We went to the hospital; it was full. The doctor told me that two hundred had died the day before. I asked the cause of death; he shrugged and said, "Tuberculosis, starvation, fatigue, and there are many who have no desire to live."”

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Broadcast from Buchenwald (1945)

“The real crucial link in the international exchange is the last three feet, which is bridged by personal contact, one person talking to another.”

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As quoted by Alexander Kendrick in Prime Time (1969)

“If none of us ever read a book that was "dangerous," had a friend who was "different," or joined an organization that advocated "change," we would all be just the kind of people Joe McCarthy wants.”

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Speech to his staff (1954)

“American traditions and the American ethic require us to be truthful, but the most important reason is that truth is the best propaganda and lies are the worst. To be persuasive we must be believable; to be believable we must be credible; to be credible we must be truthful. It is as simple as that.”

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Speaking as the Director of USIA, in testimony before a Congressional Committee (May 1963) http://pdaa.publicdiplomacy.org/?page_id=6

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