4. Murrowâs Decline
⢠Loss of Alcoa sponsorship
⢠Loss of âSee It Nowâ
⢠CBS Reports âHarvest of Shameâ
⢠RTNDA 1958 Speech
⢠Sabbatical 1959-1960
⢠JFK appoints to USIA
⢠Dies lung cancer 1965
5. Murrowâs Decline
⢠Loss of Alcoa sponsorship
⢠Loss of âSee It Nowâ
⢠CBS Reports âHarvest of Shameâ
⢠RTNDA 1958 Speech
⢠Sabbatical 1959-1960
⢠JFK appoints to USIA
⢠Dies lung cancer 1965
6. âThis instrument can teach, it can
illuminate, and yes it can inspire. But
it can do so only to the extent that
humans are determined to use it to
those ends. Otherwise it is nothing
but wires and lights in a box.â
RTNDA Convention, Chicago, October 15, 1958
10. Murrowâs Decline
⢠Loss of Alcoa sponsorship
⢠Loss of âSee It Nowâ
⢠CBS Reports âHarvest of Shameâ
⢠RTNDA 1958 Speech
⢠Sabbatical 1959-1960
⢠JFK appoints to USIA
⢠Dies lung cancer 1965
11. Murrowâs Decline
⢠Loss of Alcoa sponsorship
⢠Loss of âSee It Nowâ
⢠CBS Reports âHarvest of Shameâ
⢠RTNDA 1958 Speech
⢠Sabbatical 1959-1960
⢠JFK appoints to USIA
⢠Dies lung cancer 1965
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14.
15. Nixonâs war on the press
June 1970: Nixon authorizes
wiretaps and burglaries target
those who are political disloyal
After FBI refuses to participate,
President authorizes wiretaps
on 4 journalists and 13
government ofďŹcials
16. Pentagon Papers
⢠MacNamara orders a history of
U.S. involvement in Indochina
⢠Leaked by Daniel Ellsberg
⢠Published in June 1971 by New
York Times
⢠Government sues for prior
restraint
⢠Other papers, including
Washington Post, also publish
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18.
19. Leaks & Dirty Tricks
⢠Pentagon Papers a turning point
⢠Nixon forms a surveillance team to plug leaks
on classiďŹed information
⢠âThe Plumbersâ
⢠âEnemies Listâ
⢠âDirty tricksâ campaign
20. Campaign against
journalists
Pat Buchanan suggests
deliberate campaign to attack
networks as small group of
liberal elites
21. Campaign against
journalists
⢠Speech given by Vice
President Spiro Agnew
⢠âNattering nabobs of
negativismâ
Spiro Agnew, the only vice president to resign
while under criminal investigation
22. Watergate Break-in
Watergate complex â Washington, D.C.
⢠June 17, 1972: Democratic
National Committee in the
Watergate complex
⢠Five âplumbersâ planting
listening devices are caught by
Washington, D.C. police
⢠Operation ďŹnanced by illegal
contributions to CREEP