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Murrow

American  
[mur-oh, muhr-oh] / ˈmɜr oʊ, ˈmʌr oʊ /

noun

  1. Edward R(oscoe), 1908–65, U.S. news broadcaster and commentator.


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Asked by Edward R. Murrow in 1955 who owned the rights to the polio vaccine, he replied, “The people, I would say. ... There is no patent. Could you patent the sun?”

From Los Angeles Times

RFA also recently won two Edward R. Murrow Awards, a US prize for broadcasting, for a series on young people in Myanmar coping with the aftermath of the 2021 coup.

From Barron's

These settlements represent a fundamental betrayal of institutional values, with CBS’s $16 million payment particularly egregious given the network’s distinguished history under Edward R. Murrow, when it served as “the gold standard of broadcast journalism”.

From Los Angeles Times

Some called the settlement a stain on the proud legacy of CBS News, the one-time home of such fearless journalists as Edward R. Murrow, Walter Cronkite and Mike Wallace.

From Los Angeles Times

As in the film, McCarthy is represented entirely through projected film clips, echoing the way that Murrow impeached the senator with his own words.

From Los Angeles Times