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In 1935, Ed Murrow
began his career with CBS.
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When World War Two broke out...
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...his voice brought
the battle of Britain home to us...
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...through his "This Is London"
radio series.
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He started with us all...
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...many of us here tonight,
when television was in its infancy...
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...with the news documentary show,
"See It Now'.
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He threw stones at giants.
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Segregation, exploitation
of migrant workers...
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...apartheid, J. Edgar Hoover...
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...not the least of which, his historical
fight with Senator McCarthy.
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He is the host of our enormously
popular show "Person to Person"...
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...and tonight he is here
with his son, Casey...
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...wife, Janet, and all of you
who he's worked with...
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...inspired, lectured, and taught.
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Ladies and gentlemen...
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...the Radio-Television News Directors'
Association and Foundation welcomes...
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...Mr. Edward R. Murrow.
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This might just do nobody any good.
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At the end of this discourse
a few people may accuse this reporter...
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...of fouling
his own comfortable nest...
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...and your organization may be
accused of having given hospitality...
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...to heretical
and even dangerous ideas.