Egbert Roscoe Murrow, better known as Edward R. Murrow or Ed Murrow, was born on April 25, 1908. In 1930 he graduated from Washington State College and became president of the National Student Federation that year. In 1932 he became assistant director of the Institute of International Education. In 1935, Murrow was hired by the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) radio network as the network’s director of talks and education. In 1937, he accepted a position covering Europe for CBS, and he accepted, a decision he later said gave him "a front row seat for some of the greatest news events of history." Reporting the events of World War II to American audiences over the CBS airwaves, his name became a household word, and he gained a reputation for his reliability and integrity. In 1943 he won the first of his four Peabody Awards for “excellence in broadcasting.” After World War II ended, Murrow returned to the U.S. and continued to report the news to millions of households across the country. With the advent of television in the early 50s, Murrow successfully crossed over to the new medium, and his radio documentary series "Hear It Now," became "See It Now," and would enjoy a successful, seven-year run. The most famous moments of “See it Now” occurred when the show tackled …show more content…
Friendly, took a firm stand on the issue in March, 1954, by showing film clips of McCarthy. These clips showed McCarthy in a negative light, and swayed public opinion in a way that radio never could have done. This visual evidence, coupled with Murrow’s honest, authoritative on-air presence (Murrow famously asked, as if he were addressing McCarthy directly, “have you no sense of decency?”), marked the beginning of the end of McCarthy’s reign of terror. It showed both the power of television as a persuasive medium and set a precedent for television news commentary still seen