We talked today about the eloquence of CBS correspondent Edward R. Murrow, in his radio dispatches in the early 1940s from London, which were filled with the ambient sounds of bombings and air raid sirens. We also discussed CBS "Evening News" Anchor Walter Cronkite's deft handling of news of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy --and of the then-unheard-of round-the-clock coverage the network gave the story. I wanted to give you links to re-visit some of this sound and footage at your leisure:
Edward R. Murrow in London, from the Internet Archive
Walter Cronkite on the Kennedy assassination:
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