Edward R. Murrow

Last night I was impressed by “Good Night And Good Luck”. The movie is set during the witchhunts of the McCarthy era and focuses on one of the greatest TV- and radio journalists of all times, Edward Murrow and his work for CBS. The movie is a sobering reminder of the vital function of a free press as a guardian against radicalism and as a protector of civil liberties.

By the way: Murrow’s portrayal as an intense chainsmoker rarely seen without a cigarette is entirely accurate. Murrow contracted lung cancer. He died in 1965, two days after his 57th birthday.