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Press And The People, The: An Inquiry Into The Work Of The American Press In Informing The American People; Responsibilities Of Television, The; Part I
Part of Press and the People.
01/24/1959
Following closely on from his speech to a professional group in Chicago, where he made the following quote Surely we shall pay for using this most powerful instrument of communications to insulate the citizenry from the hard and demanding realities that must be faced if we are to survive, Louis Lyons interviews Americas foremost television journalist Edward R. Murrow on the state of television broadcasting. _-_ Murrow believes that the program structure is in imbalance, and that the American television audience is being fed a diet of programming that insulates them from the realities of the world around.
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- Series
- Press And The People, The: An Inquiry Into The Work Of The American Press In Informing The American People
- Program
- Responsibilities Of Television, The; Part I
- Program Number
8
- Series Description
Louis Lyons hosts this series of programs that discuss the problems and performance of the American Press in reporting leading questions of the day. Series release date: 1958
- Program Description
Following closely on from his speech to a professional group in Chicago where he made the following quote “Surely we shall pay for using this most powerful instrument of communications to insulate the citizenry from the hard and demanding realities that must be faced if we are to survive”, Louis Lyons interviews America’s foremost television journalist Edward R. Murrow, on the state of television broadcasting. Murrow believes that the program structure in imbalance and that the American television audience is being fed a diet of programming that insulates them from the realities of the world around.
Keywords: American society and culture Television broadcasting Media and society History Journalism
Subject heading: Historical television programs
Proper names: Lyons, Louis Martin, 1897- Murrow, Edward R. Lyford, Joseph Brydon, Loyd
- Asset Type
Broadcast program
- Media Type
Video
- Subjects
- Mass Media--History--United States
- Documentary mass media
- Radio journalism
- Television news anchors
- Mass media--Ethical aspects--United States
- Mass media--Social aspects--United States
- Television broadcasting of news
- Education in mass media
- Mass media and culture--United States
- Mass media criticism--United States
- Locations
- Boston, MA
- Genres
- Talk Show
- Topics
- Public Affairs
- Contributors
- Lyford, Joseph (Producer)
- Murrow, Edward R. (Guest)
- Brydon, Loyd (Director)
- Lyons, Louis Martin, 1897- (Presenter)
- Citation
- Chicago: “Press And The People, The: An Inquiry Into The Work Of The American Press In Informing The American People; Responsibilities Of Television, The; Part I,” 01/24/1959, GBH Archives, accessed April 25, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_993182647CAF461AA71D722FCC6D0D44.
- MLA: “Press And The People, The: An Inquiry Into The Work Of The American Press In Informing The American People; Responsibilities Of Television, The; Part I.” 01/24/1959. GBH Archives. Web. April 25, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_993182647CAF461AA71D722FCC6D0D44>.
- APA: Press And The People, The: An Inquiry Into The Work Of The American Press In Informing The American People; Responsibilities Of Television, The; Part I. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_993182647CAF461AA71D722FCC6D0D44