^- ^Second ^World ^War ^tweets ^from ^1943 ^(@RealTimeWWII) ^| ^December ^3, ^2021
I think this recording is amazing. It criticises the first reports of project bluebook and includes witness interviews.
It also explains the origin of the term flying saucer.
Today, on May 3, we celebrate World Press Freedom Day by releasing a limited time Ed Murrow poster in our collectibles store. Get it here https://timeghost.tv/collectibles/. The artwork, made in the style of our WW2 thumbnails, is designed by our very own graphic designer and resident artist Mikolaj Uchman.
EDWARD R. MURROW had an inquisitive mind, a dedication to truth, and a willingness to risk his career and reputation by going against the grain that to this day is an inspiration to us, and many other reporters and documentarians around the world. It is Ed, and all the other war correspondents, who made our work possible.
Murrow joined CBS in 1935 and was sent to London as director of CBS's European operations in 1937. Up until now, war coverage had been provided by newspaper reports, newsreels in movie theaters, and radio broadcasts consisting of wire service reports being dryly read from a studio. Murrow and his team of correspondents, “The Murrow Boys” (which actually included a woman), would change all of this.
It started during the nazi Anschluss of Austria in 1938. Murrow got word of the annexation from one of his ‘boys’ stationed in Austria, and immediately sent him to London to deliver an uncensored eyewitness account of the events. On the request of CBS management, the two also put together a ‘news roundup’ broadcast with correspondents from several European cities reacting to the Anschluss. It featured multipoint, radio transmitted live reports, and at the time it was revolutionary.
After the outbreak of WW2, Murrow sent live radio broadcasts during the height of the Blitz in “London After Dark”, relaying real-time news about the war with an immediacy, power, and intimacy never experienced before. He flew on 25 Allied combat missions in Europe, recording reports from the planes mid-flight. And on April 12, 1945, Murrow and colleague Bill Shadel were the first reporters at Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany, exposing the nazi atrocities to the world.
“To be persuasive, we must be believable; to be believable, we must be credible; to be credible, we must be truthful.” - Edward R. Murrow
Be a martyr if they must. But explode to the point where everybody must take notice and demand answers.
A couple excerpts:
> YouTube is full of videos of a young Edwards tearing up defenses. He primarily played tailback, but he also logged time at quarterback and cornerback. No matter where Edwards lined up, he was unstoppable. In the football-crazy South, Edwards looked like the next big thing on the gridiron.
>“I could have been a professional football player,” Edwards says. “I was really good. I was the No. 1 running back in the country at 9 or 10. I stopped playing because I seen my brothers playing basketball. I thought it looked more fun.”
>“In the backyard of my grandma’s house,” he says. “In the summer time [my brothers and I] had nothing else to do unless we were going to summer camp. We just used to go there and play. I never used to win so I just got fed up with it. I’m like, one day, I’m gonna beat them.”
> “I remember in one of the early sessions he told me, ‘Coach, if I learn how to shoot, I’m going to be the best player in the country,’” Holland remembers. “‘I’m gonna be unguardable.’ He literally said that to me in his ninth grade year.”
https://www.sbnation.com/college-basketball/2019/1/15/18139281/anthony-edwards-basketball-recruiting-nba-draft
George had Jon Rappoport on the show last night and, during that segment, George had the audacity to say that he was the first “journalist” to report on the coronavirus. He went on to describe how he reported that a snake ate a tasty bat in Wuhan, China and, later, it was determined that it was this exact transmission that started the COVID-19 pandemic! He referred to Coast to Coast as a news outlet as well (well, we all have dreams). Of course, the show would not be complete without a grandiose helping of, “Gee, I just can't figure it out Jon. The flu kills more people than the coronavirus.” That's right, George, it probably does, but we have vaccinations for the Flu and not for coronavirus.
The suspicious minds on Coast to Coast went on to discuss how this pandemic might have been manufactured by the government as a way to slowly usurp power from citizens by taking away liberties incrementally. So if we keep having pandemic episodes then martial law could be implemented semi-permanently to contain the virus (people). Oh boy, now we're off in the deep end again with Noory at the helm. No fear though, tonight will be Dr. Wallach who will enlighten us about how to be an effective entrepreneur while harnessing Coast to Coast to advertise his products (Kevin Trudeau would be proud).
