22. There used to be an old phrase in this country, employed when someone talked too much. I am grateful to all of you for not having employed it earlier. The phrase was: "Go hire a hall." Under this proposal, the sponsor would have hired the hall; he has bought the time. The local station operator, no matter how indifferent, is going to carry the program--he has to--he's getting paid for it. Then it's up to the networks to fill the hall. I am not here talking about editorializing but about straightaway exposition as direct, unadorned and impartial as fallible human beings can make it. Just once in a while let us exalt the importance of ideas and information.
The main points of Murrow's speech were to inform the audience about journalism and journalists obligation to a society. He also spoke about having programs that are worth watching and how it may impact their reputation. …show more content…
No matter what the circumstance may be, for instance, in this case, whomever is due to "hire a hall," they will essentially face almost zero backlash for speaking on whatever it may be. Edward R. Murrow also said, "We are currently wealthy, fat, comfortable and complacent. We have currently a built-in allergy to unpleasant or disturbing information. And our mass media reflect this. But unless we get up off our fat surpluses and recognize that television in the main is being used to distract, delude, amuse and insulate us," meaning we are too focused towards our televisions that we are getting distracted of what is going on around us. Throughout the generations, too many people have been relying on the media that leads people to trust the news and distracting them from the important things we have
The main points of Murrow's speech were to inform the audience about journalism and journalists obligation to a society. He also spoke about having programs that are worth watching and how it may impact their reputation. …show more content…
No matter what the circumstance may be, for instance, in this case, whomever is due to "hire a hall," they will essentially face almost zero backlash for speaking on whatever it may be. Edward R. Murrow also said, "We are currently wealthy, fat, comfortable and complacent. We have currently a built-in allergy to unpleasant or disturbing information. And our mass media reflect this. But unless we get up off our fat surpluses and recognize that television in the main is being used to distract, delude, amuse and insulate us," meaning we are too focused towards our televisions that we are getting distracted of what is going on around us. Throughout the generations, too many people have been relying on the media that leads people to trust the news and distracting them from the important things we have