Book description
"Get it, read it, and pass it on."
-Bill Moyers
"Most Americans living today never heard Ed Murrow in a live
broadcast. This book is for them I want them to know that broadcast
journalism was established by someone with the highest standards.
Tabloid crime stories, so much a part of the lust for ratings by
today's news broadcasters, held no interest for Murrow. He did like
Hollywood celebrities, but interviewed them for his entertainment
programs; they had no place on his news programs. My book is focused
on this life in journalism. I offer it in the hope that more people in
and out of the news business will get to know Ed Murrow. Perhaps in
time the descent from Murrow's principles can be
reversed."
-Bob Edwards
BOB EDWARDS has hosted NPR's Morning
Edition, the most popular program in all broadcast media, since
its premiere in November 1979. In 1999, he and the program received a
prestigious Peabody Award for “two hours of daily entertainment
expertly helmed by a man who embodies the essence of excellence in
radio.” Also a recipient of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting's
Edward R. Murrow Award, he is the author of Fridays with Red,
which chronicled his radio friendship with legendary sportscaster Red
Barber.
