There was a vacuum in investigation, and the press began to try men in the most effective court in the country.

Forgive Us Our Press Passes.

I'm delighted about it myself, because I'm no longer primarily a television person. I love seeing that the people who exercised that absolute control have lost it, thanks to technology.

I think it's fair to say that the promise of confidentiality is based on the confidence that what you're being told is true, ... You lose right to any confidentiality if you lie. Sources are whistleblowers - they're people who'll tell you the truth to change something.

to equate America with reality and truth, and get people overseas to accept that.

Murrow covered something because it needed coverage. He wasn't trying to get an audience just for the sake of it.