The full-scale collapse: From Murrow to Blitzer

[Triana]

"Edward R. Murrow led the media attack on the McCarthyism of the 1950s. Wolf Blitzer plays mindless, amiable, neutral, amplifying host toidentical smear campaigns of today. That collapse says all one needs to know about much of modern establishment political journalism in the United States."

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On March, 9, 1954, Edward R. Murrow famously devoted his entire broadcast to vehemently condemning Joseph McCarthy's witch hunts, declaring: "This is no time for men who oppose Senator McCarthy's methods to keep silent." By contrast, Wolf Blitzer -- receipient of an Edward R. Murrow award -- sees such smear campaigns as nothing more than an "intense debate" to neutrally explore and excitingly promote.

http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2010/03/04/blitzer/index.html

[ChairmanAgnostic]

1. babylonsister beat ya to the punch.

[Jim__]

2. Just putting the name Murrow next to Blitzer speaks volumes - n/t

[rurallib]

3. Blitzer got an awardnamed after Ed Murrow?

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