# Edward R. Murrow Pioneering CBS broadcast journalist (1908–1965) whose WWII radio reports from London and 1954 television takedown of Senator Joseph McCarthy on *See It Now* set the standard for broadcast news independence. Murrow is the patron saint of the [[CBS News]] tradition that later management is repeatedly accused of betraying. > [!note] Stub > Minimum-viable page created to support the [[CBS Timeline]]. Expand with the McCarthy broadcast, "wires and lights in a box" speech, and the Murrow legacy invoked in the Weiss-era 60 Minutes fights.