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DAngelo136

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2. The Late Great Edward R. Murrow Predicted This

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Tue Oct 14, 2025, 03:22 PM

Oct 14

In 1958, Edward R. Murrow gave a speech at Radio-Television News Directors Association (RTNDA) and this speech warned about the corrosive effects that commercialization had at that time on the news division and would have in the future. This was his "Wires and Lights In A Box" speech. He was fired from CBS not long after giving this speech. Edward R. Murrow was prescient.

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