T Would you believe it if you were told everything you saw in the media wasn’t the truth? Or that the big media corporations were just in it for the money? Well in Edward R. Murrow’s speech Wires and Lights in a Box he has a very strong opinion about these instruments. Throughout the speech he refers to television and the radio as instruments. Technology such as radios and televisions was just starting to boom in the 50’s. Murrow first gave this speech back on October 15, 1958. Murrow felt a certain way about this topic and how it was being used during that time period.
Edward was born April 25, 1908. He went to Washington State where he later majored in speech. He then joined CBS as a director of talks and education. He then later was a news …show more content…
Back in the 50’s there was a lot of things going on such as the fear of communism becoming. Also, during that time period it was post war of World War II. Many of the topics being covered during that time was about those two major topics. The only problem with that was that the news and radio stations weren’t giving the full facts of what was going on. Next, a big thing back in the 1950’s was the westerns. Most of the tv shows back then like GunSmoke and Bonanza had a western type of theme. In these shows television gave the Indians a bad look. Many of Indians were perceived as “savages” and in a way they were given a bad image by the media. So, the media had basically painted this picture for society what to believe …show more content…
But, the people had to first recognize what was happening in the media. Essentially that they had to start thinking for themselves instead of letting these instruments think for them. In the speech Murrow said something along the lines that television news and radio has mixture of business, advertising and news. Meaning that instead of it just being about news it has other components to it which it shouldn’t. That it should be strictly about news and educating the people. Another point made was that there was an interference between the corporate’s
Edward was born April 25, 1908. He went to Washington State where he later majored in speech. He then joined CBS as a director of talks and education. He then later was a news …show more content…
Back in the 50’s there was a lot of things going on such as the fear of communism becoming. Also, during that time period it was post war of World War II. Many of the topics being covered during that time was about those two major topics. The only problem with that was that the news and radio stations weren’t giving the full facts of what was going on. Next, a big thing back in the 1950’s was the westerns. Most of the tv shows back then like GunSmoke and Bonanza had a western type of theme. In these shows television gave the Indians a bad look. Many of Indians were perceived as “savages” and in a way they were given a bad image by the media. So, the media had basically painted this picture for society what to believe …show more content…
But, the people had to first recognize what was happening in the media. Essentially that they had to start thinking for themselves instead of letting these instruments think for them. In the speech Murrow said something along the lines that television news and radio has mixture of business, advertising and news. Meaning that instead of it just being about news it has other components to it which it shouldn’t. That it should be strictly about news and educating the people. Another point made was that there was an interference between the corporate’s