Edward r murrow Quotes
When you think of the golden age of broadcast news, Edward R. Murrow’s name pops up as a voice that still rings true. These five short excerpts capture his knack for holding power to account, the tension of live reporting, and the moral compass he insisted journalists keep. If you’re hungry for more on media ethics or the evolution of TV news, the journalism ethics and broadcast history pages hold deeper troves.
![“With "Good Night, and Good Luck," I think it's kind of obvious what [Truman Capote]'s getting at there, and the importance of how it's playing out today, that is journalism doing, are the journalists doing their job, are they being the other checks and balances in our country that the way that…” quote by Philip Seymour Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/e49/philip-seymour-hoffman-2704_balance_with-good-night-and-good-luck-i-think-it_536205.jpg)
![“In Europe, Murrow observed to his wife, people were dying and "a thousand years of civilization [were] being smashed" while America remained on the sidelines. How could one possibly be objective or neutral about that?” quote by Lynne Olson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/4da/lynne-olson-34648_edward-r-murrow_in-europe-murrow-observed-to-his-wife-pe_639932.jpg)
