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1) Cronkite
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English
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Douglas Brinkley presents the definitive, revealing biography of an American legend: renowned news anchor Walter Cronkite. An acclaimed author and historian, Brinkley has drawn upon recently disclosed letters, diaries, and other artifacts at the recently opened Cronkite Archive to bring detail and depth to this deeply personal portrait. He also interviewed nearly two hundred of Cronkite's closest friends and colleagues, including Andy Rooney, Leslie...
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English
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In his nearly thirty years at CBS News, Emmy Award-winner Bernard Goldberg earned a reputation as one of the preeminent reporters in the television news business. When he looked at his own industry, however, he saw that the media far too often ignored their primary mission: objective, disinterested reporting. Again and again he saw that they slanted the news to the left.
For years Goldberg appealed to reporters, producers, and network executives...
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English
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The mainstream media are trying to discredit our victory in Iraq by saying there was no reason to take out Saddam. But Oliver North knows better. He was there. Embedded with Marine and Army units for FOX News Channel during Operation Iraqi Freedom, North (himself a decorated combat veteran) vividly tells the story his camera gave us glimpses of during the campaign to liberate Iraq. This updated edition features a new chapter detailing the events after...
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Publisher
Recorded Books
Pub. Date
p2004
Language
English
Description
Filled with the author's trademark candor and compassion, Face the Nation shines a witty and nostalgic light on our nation's presidents, culture, foreign policy and domestic affairs. This is a one-of-a-kind anniversary gift from a man uniquely qualified to reflect on our changing country over the past 50 years.
Publisher
CBS
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
From 1953 to 1959, Edward R. Murrow informally welcomed television viewers into the homes of the twentieth centurys most well-known stars. Utilizing perhaps the simplest set in television a chair, a table, an ashtray and a picture window. Murrow greeted two guests a week in remote interviews that candidly revealed the private lives of Americas elite.
10) Network
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
A television newscaster's mental breakdown turns him into a celebrity when the network tries to profit from his illness.
11) This reporter
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Publisher
New Video Group
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
Narrated by the late CBS News correspondent Charles Kuralt, This Reporter presents a compellingly candid portrait of Murrow's illustrious career and features rarely-seen clips from CBS News Archives and interviews with his esteemed peers. From his gutsy search for journalistic truths during the McCarthy era to his celebrated Person to Person chats with Marilyn Monroe and Marlon Brando, this in-depth documentary explores how Murrow's poineering work...
Publisher
CBS
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
From 1953 to 1959, Edward R. Murrow informally welcomed television viewers into the homes of the twentieth centurys most well-known stars. Utilizing perhaps the simplest set in television a chair, a table, an ashtray and a picture window. Murrow greeted two guests a week in remote interviews that candidly revealed the private lives of Americas elite.
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Publisher
New Video Group
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
Narrated by CBS News correspondent Mike Wallace, The Best of "See It Now" features impressive highlights from one of TV's earliest documentary series, hosted by Murrow as his crossover from radio into television during the 1950s. Revolutionizing how news was delivered in a visual medium, See It Now let viewers become intimate with the people who were directly shaping world events.
15) An atheist in the FOXhole: a liberal's eight-year odyssey inside the heart of the right-wing media
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Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
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English
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"The wild inside story of the birth of CNN and dawn of the age of 24-hour news. How did we get from an age of dignified nightly news broadcasts on three national networks to the age of 24-hour channels and constantly breaking news? The answer-thanks to Ted Turner and an oddball cast of cable television visionaries, big league rejects, and nonunion newbies-can be found in the basement of an abandoned country club in Atlanta. Because it was there, in...
17) Mad city
Publisher
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
Sam is a misguided museum guard who loses his job, then tries to get it back at gunpoint. Max is a local TV reporter taken hostage with schoolchildren when Sam locks down the museum. It's a desperate move for Sam, a career move for Max. He's on the inside of a live exclusive. Now he must give Sam's story a heroic spin, keep a cynical network anchor at bay and above all, keep America watching. And as Max pulls the strings, the stakes grow higher, darker,...
18) McCarthy years
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Publisher
Docurama
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Uses original footage from the CBS See it now series to explore Senator Joseph McCarthy's search for Communist influences in the federal government. Morrow's broadcasts show McCarthy's abuses of power and signal the emergence of television news as an influential force in American life.
19) Harvest of shame
Series
Publisher
New Video Group
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
Presented by CBS News correspondent Dan Rather, Murrow's Harvest of Shame is among the most famous television documentaries of all time. Richly photographed and arrestingly poignant, this long-acclaimed 1960 expose on the plight of migrant farm workers resonated deeply for a nation unfamiliar with such brutally honest depictions of living conditions that, as Murrow remarks, "wrong the dignity of man."
Publisher
Showtime Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Seven-part limited series about Roger Ailes, the founder of Fox News. It focuses on the past decade which Ailes arguably became the Republican Party's de facto leader, and the sexual harassment accusations that brought his career to an end.
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