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Edward R. Murrow

Edward R. Murrow
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Artist
Ernest Hamlin Baker, 1889 - 1975
Sitter
Edward Roscoe Murrow, 25 Apr 1908 - 27 Apr 1965
Date
1953?
Type
Drawing
Medium
Graphite pencil and pen and black ink with white opaque paint on paperboard
Dimensions
Image: 16.5 × 5.4 cm (6 1/2 × 2 1/8")
Topic
Costume\Dress Accessory\Neckwear\Tie\Necktie
Edward Roscoe Murrow: Male
Edward Roscoe Murrow: Politics and Government\Government official
Edward Roscoe Murrow: Business and Finance\Businessperson\Business executive
Edward Roscoe Murrow: Journalism and Media\Broadcast journalist\Television
Edward Roscoe Murrow: Journalism and Media\Broadcast journalist\Radio
Edward Roscoe Murrow: Journalism and Media\Broadcast journalist\Newscaster
Edward Roscoe Murrow: Presidential Medal of Freedom
Portrait
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Time magazine
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Copyright
© Ernest Hamlin Baker
Object number
NPG.88.TC147
Exhibition Label
Born near Greensboro, North Carolina
In 1954 veteran broadcast journalist Edward R. Murrow used the powerful new medium of television to expose the demagoguery of Senator Joseph McCarthy and call into question the tactics employed in his anti-Communist campaign. Airing in prime time on CBS on March 9, 1954, Murrow’s See It Now program focused solely on McCarthy and drew on audio recordings and news footage of the senator in action to critique his self-serving posturing and bullying behavior. “The line between investigating and persecuting is a fine one,” Murrow declared, and “the junior senator has stepped over it repeatedly.” In closing, he added, “This is not the time for those who oppose Senator McCarthy’s methods to keep silent.”
Though McCarthy responded by calling Murrow “the cleverest of the jackal pack which is always found at the throat of anyone who dares to expose individual communists and traitors,” public support for the senator was beginning to waver.
Nacido cerca de Greensboro, Carolina del Norte
En 1954, el veterano periodista radial Edward R. Murrow utilizó el poder del naciente medio de la televisión para denunciar la demagogia del senador Joseph McCarthy y cuestionar las tácticas que empleaba en su campaña anticomunista. Su programa televisivo See It Now, transmitido en horario central por CBS el 9 de marzo de 1954, estuvo dedicado a McCarthy y sacó a relucir grabaciones de audio y clips noticiosos del senador en acción para criticar su actitud ventajista y hostigadora. “La frontera entre la investigación y la persecución es muy estrecha”, dijo Murrow, y “el novato senador la ha cruzado repetidamente”. Al terminar, añadió: “Estos no son tiempos para que guarden silencio los que se oponen a los métodos del senador McCarthy”.
Aunque McCarthy respondió que Murrow era “el más listo de la manada de chacales que siempre van por la yugular de quien se atreva a denunciar a comunistas y traidores”, el apoyo público del senador empezó a flaquear.
Collection Description
In 1978, Time magazine donated approximately eight hundred works of original cover art to the National Portrait Gallery. The museum is dedicated to telling the stories of individuals who have shaped the United States, and the Time Collection—featuring prominent international figures and events—enriches our understanding of the United States in a global context.
En 1978, la revista Time donó a la National Portrait Gallery cerca de 800 obras de arte originales creadas para sus portadas. Nuestro museo se dedica a narrar la historia de figuras que han contribuido a forjar el desarrollo de Estados Unidos, y es así que la Colección Time, que incluye retratos de importantes personalidades internacionales, nos ayuda a comprender mejor a nuestra nación en un contexto global.
Data Source
National Portrait Gallery
Exhibition
20th Century Americans: 1930-1960
On View
NPG, South Gallery 321