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In 1935 Ed Murrow
began his career with CBS.
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When World War II broke out...
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...it was his voice that brought
the Battle of Britain home to us...
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...through his
"This is London" radio series.
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He started with us all,
many of us here tonight...
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...when television was in its infancy...
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...with the news documentary show,
See It Now.
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He threw stones at giants.
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Segregation,
exploitation of migrant workers...
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...apartheid, J. Edgar Hoover...
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...not the least of which,
his historical fight with Senator McCan'thy.
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He is the host of our enormously
popular show Person to Person...
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...and tonight he is here
with his son, Casey, wife, Janet...
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...and all of you
who he's worked with, inspired...
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...lectured and taught.
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Ladies and gentlemen...
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...the Radio-Television News Directors
Association and Foundation...
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...welcomes Mr. Edward R. Murrow.
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This might just do nobody any good.
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At the end of this discourse
a few people may accuse this reporter...