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Some stories don’t need to be retold. They need to be re-aimed. When adaptation swaps urgency for ego, laughter for anger, and warning for spectacle, the message dissolves. From Good Night, and Good Luck to A Sound of Thunder, this is what happens when we mistake repetition for relevance.
#FilmCriticism #Adaptation #GoodNightAndGoodLuck #EdwardRMurrow #GeorgeClooney #RayBradbury #ASoundOfThunder #Politics #Cinema #MediaEthics #MovieReview #History #SciFi #Truth
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A great many people think they are thinking when they are really rearranging their prejudices.
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Piece of work this #BariWeiss! A cross between Pete Hegseth, Pam Bondi, & Karoline Leavitt, chip off the ol' #TrumpVIrus
> CBS News Chief Defends Controversial Decision To Pull ‘60 Minutes’ Episode
A tragedy for #democracy and #FreedomOfSpeech / #FreeSpeech / #FourthEstate / #Truth
What was the "Tiffany Network" - with the most trusted #news from legends like #WalterCronkite & #EdwardRMurrow - is no more.
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A great many people think they are thinking when they are really rearranging their prejudices.
-- Edward R. Murrow⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #EdwardRMurrow #Knowledge
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Pictographs #RockArt #NativeAmerican #Utah
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A quotation from Edward R. Murrow
We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty.
Edward R. Murrow (1908-1965) American journalist
Commentary (1954-03-09), “A Report on Senator Joseph R. McCarthy,” See It Now, CBS TVSourcing, notes: wist.info/murrow-edward-r/2931…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #joemccarthy #edwardrmurrow #redscare #treason #disagreement #disloyalty #dissent #freepress #freespeech #freedomofconscience #freedomofspeech #freedomofthepress #freedomofthought #witchhunt
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‘Good Night, and Good Luck’ Theater Review: George Clooney Makes Restrained Broadway Debut in an Adaptation Most Notable for Its Timeliness
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@DorotheaLange @blogdiva Edward R. Murrow became media god yet what he did was report on all this sort of thing, which hasn't changed since his production #HarvestOfShame
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G02CV-FdYAQ
#DavidStrathairn as #EdwardRMurrow
I tried to re-post it, but le putain Youtube took the fucking #film down)
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Add ‘Good Night and Good Luck’ To Your Streaming Cue
Last night after a rough, though totally not surprising day, I posted the following on social media:
Certainly it was how I felt and was indeed an homage to Mr. Murrow and what he stood for. I didn’t go immediately to bed after posting that “good night” message. Instead I re-watched the excellent film containing Murrow’s famous sign-off, “Good Night and Good Luck.”
As we all go through what we’re going to continue to go through (and who really knows what that is), I’d recommend watching or re-watching the film again. It’s on most streaming services so it’s easy to find.
There are and will be pressures all the way around and certainly a dramatization of any kind compresses events to create that drama. Given that we may never hear about any of the recent conflicts that I can only hope happened inside corporate media headquarters before they folded up their tents to march willingly in step with the new administration, the story of taking on McCarthy, while also relevant to our current moment, is really just the stage for the one behind the scenes that impacts what we see or don’t see on our screens of so many sizes.
This isn’t some moment of nostalgia for a time gone by. It is a recognition that where we are now is a place we’ve been before. This time around those that control the media and messaging have, for the moment, much more control than they did in Murrow’s day. Make no mistake, they had some control then, but now it’s more pervasive and the Murrow’s, Friendly’s and Paley’s are fewer in number.
You can find more of my writings on a variety of topics on Medium at this link, including in the publications Ellemeno and Rome. I can also be found on social media under my name as above.
#CBS #Culture #EdwardRMurrow #History #JosephMcCarthy #journalism #media #news #Politics
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George Clooney Appears as Edward R. Murrow In New Trailer For Broadway Play
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#GoodNightAndGoodLuck (2005) Official Trailer - George Clooney, David Strathairn Movie HD
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A little light reading on deck this evening; my favorite broadcast journalist.
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#ThisIsLondon
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"Just because your voice reaches halfway around the world doesn't mean you are wiser than when it reached only to the end of the bar."
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Haven't seen the film "Good Night, and Good Luck" since it came out in 2005. But recently my housemate and I were discussing it.
Thought it was worth re-watching. In some ways, it's so similar to today's panic and bogus claims.
But it's so weird to recall that conservatives used to hate the Russians....
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A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
Most truths are so naked that people feel sorry for them and cover them up, at least a little bit. -Edward R. Murrow, journalist (25 Apr 1908-1965) -
@rgulick I agree Ray. I would say that #MerrickGarland, the #J6Committee, and the #media are complicit in creating an info vacuum around this critically important story. People are left to create theories, which in the current environment appear to be outside the mainstream. It's the Overton Window in action. #SarahKendzior covers this brilliantly in her latest book, #TheyKnew. And #60Minutes had an obligation to investigate this. #EdwardRMurrow is turning in his grave. #Disgusting. #Cowards.
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We proclaim ourselves the defenders of freedom but we cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home. McCarthy's actions have caused alarm & dismay amongst our allies abroad & given considerable comfort to our enemies. And whose fault is that? Not really his. He didn't create this situation of fear; he merely exploited it — & rather successfully.
Cassius was right. "The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves."
Good night & good luck.
#EdwardRMurrow
#SeeItNow
9 Mar 1954
