JRN 412 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Mccarthyism, Fred W. Friendly, Cbs Reports
27 Mar 2018
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Art as a hammer: harvest of shame, 1960s, early foray into investigative tv documentary. American documentary: first a(cid:373)eri(cid:272)a(cid:374) do(cid:272) (cid:449)e"re (cid:449)at(cid:272)hi(cid:374)g, not consolidated in a single institution like the nfb, spread across different sources: government sponsored newsreels to independent films, during ww2, propaganda spread. Investigative journalism: moving into the 1950s in the us, an investigative journalism approach, not the filmic approach cultivated. Investigative journalism characteristics: afflicts the comfortable and comforts the afflicted, often advocates, aims to create change, exposes secrets. Influential tv show created by edward r. murrow and producer and president of cbs, Fred friendly: the first live, half-hour weekly current affairs and documentary show on u. s. television, was the precursor of shows like cbs reports which aired harvest of shame. Edward r murrow, cbs: most important broadcast journalist of first half of the 20th century, created and changed the authoritative sound and face of broadcast journalism, first radio then tv.
