Murrow’s vision lives on – in Blighty

In the autumn of 1958 the legendary US newsman Edward R Murrow made a now famous speech to a gathering of news and television executives which lambasted the commercial forces damaging broadcasting, and sent shockwaves through the industry. After the Grierson awards Carol Nahra wonders, what would Murrow think of television now, fifty years later.

November 24, 2008

In the autumn of 1958 the legendary US newsman Edward R Murrow made a now famous speech to a gathering of news and television executives which lambasted the commercial forces damaging broadcasting, and sent shockwaves through the industry. After the Grierson awards Carol Nahra wonders, what would Murrow think of television now, fifty years later.