Comments on: A memorable evening with Bob Edwards http://www.yepthatsme.com/2004/05/19/a-memorable-evening-with-bob-edwards/ the craft of software development, free/open source software advocacy, and the rest of life Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:13:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: The Wife http://www.yepthatsme.com/2004/05/19/a-memorable-evening-with-bob-edwards/#comment-11 The Wife Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000 http://www.yepthatsme.com/2004/05/19/a-memorable-evening-with-bob-edwards/#comment-11 This was indeed a great lecture. Very inspiring. For those not counted in the hundred odd attendees that night, you can listen to the lecture/interview in two parts on NPR.org. Here is a quote from Bob concerning his recent book. "Most Americans living today never heard Ed Murrow in a live broadcast. This book is for them. I want them to know that broadcast journalism was established by someone with the highest standards. Tabloid crime stories, so much a part of the lust for ratings by today's news broadcasters held no interest for Murrow. He did like Hollywood celebrities; they had no place on his news programs. My book is focused on this life in journalism. I offer it in the hope that more people in and out of the news business will get to know Ed Murrow. Perhaps in time the descent from Murrow's principles can be reversed." - Bob Edwards This was indeed a great lecture. Very inspiring. For those not counted in the hundred odd attendees that night, you can listen to the lecture/interview in two parts on NPR.org.
Here is a quote from Bob concerning his recent book. “Most Americans living today never heard Ed Murrow in a live broadcast. This book is for them. I want them to know that broadcast journalism was established by someone with the highest standards. Tabloid crime stories, so much a part of the lust for ratings by today’s news broadcasters held no interest for Murrow. He did like Hollywood celebrities; they had no place on his news programs. My book is focused on this life in journalism. I offer it in the hope that more people in and out of the news business will get to know Ed Murrow. Perhaps in time the descent from Murrow’s principles can be reversed.” - Bob Edwards

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