Due to Circumstances Beyond Our Control.

Friendly, Fred W.

ISBN 10: 0394704096 / ISBN 13: 9780394704098

Published by Vintage, 1968

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Synopsis:

Summary of the author's 16 years in the TV industry offers insight into the crises afflicting commercial television

From the Inside Flap: iendly's powerful examination of broadcast news was published in 1967, it was judged by The New Yorker to be "an engrossing professional memoir." and it quickly leaped onto The New York Times bestseller list. Now reissued with a new Introduction by Dan Rather, anchor and managing editor of the CBS Evening News, and Tom Bettag, executive producer of Nightline, on the anniversary of Friendly's death, this discourse on the importance of television in society presents Friendly's uncannily prescient views on the corrosive effect of money on the news business, the sensationalization of news reporting, and the viewing public's appetite for quality broadcasting.
With Edward R. Murrow, Fred Friendly practically invented television journalism. Through telling anecdotes and penetrating analysis, he recalls his collaborations with Murrow, from their stinging documentary on Senator Joseph McCarthy to CBS's pioneering coverage of the burgeoning civil rights and anti-Vietnam War movements. Friendly

Bibliographic Details

Title: Due to Circumstances Beyond Our Control.
Publisher: Vintage
Publication Date: 1968
Binding: paperback
Condition: Very Good