movie "Good Night, Good Luck" is the famous Hollywood bachelor George A film directed by Clooney with Edward Murrow as the protagonist. The film focuses on Murrow's greatest battle in his life and the struggle with Senator McCarthy. The whole movie is based on black and white, and a large number of years are used. The documentary video of this great journalist tried to reshape the image of this great journalist during that period.
On April 25, 1908, Murrow was born in Kilford County, North Carolina, and was endowed by the abolitionist family. He pursued the fearlessness of truth. In 1930, Murrow graduated from Washington State University, worked for the National Student Union in New York, and then worked for the International Education Association. In 1935, Murrow entered CBS, and two years later went to CBS Europe in London. The Ministry, responsible for reporting on the British war during World War II. It was the broadcast in London that earned Merrow's reputation. It was him who brought the latest European updates to the American people while the German bombers rumbled over their heads. The news of the war inspires those who still believe that justice will eventually triumph.
After the war, Murrow resigned and returned to his old business shortly after he returned to the country after entering the upper echelons. He continued to return to the radio microphone. The same producer Fred Free Endley co-wrote and hosted the radio series "Listen Now". Because of the popularity of Murrow's program, he then appeared on the TV screen and hosted the news program "Watch Now". That is in this program. , He challenged Senator McCarthy, who presided over the Committee on Non-American Activities at the time, which was perhaps the most thrilling challenge in the history of journalism.
McCarthy and McCarthyism may be the ugliest scene in modern American political history. His policies and methods are very similar to the famous movements in our country’s modern history. To a country with nearly a hundred years of democratic political history, a country from the beginning of the founding As far as the constitution clearly stipulates the protection of freedom of religion and belief, this cannot be said to be a scar in any case. However, the prevalence of McCarthyism is not a joke made by history. Its emergence has a complicated background.
After the Second World War, in order to deter the Soviet Union from competing for world hegemony, the United States implemented a "Cold War" policy. In response to this, the United States has strengthened its domestic control. On March 21, 1947, President Truman promulgated Executive Order 9835, the "Loyalty Investigation Act", which established the Federal Loyalty Investigation Commission. 2.5 million civil servants, 3 million members of the armed forces, and 3 million employees of defense order manufacturers have been subjected to "loyalty investigations." According to materials successively disclosed by the US Congress, more than 13 million American citizens have been subjected to "loyalty investigations." It is this kind of prevention of ideological differences that has become a historical opportunity for the prevalence of McCarthyism. In preventing the influence of the left-wing forces on American political culture, the American political circles are eager to put on protective clothing to escape. It is worth noting that the "Loyalty Investigation Act" was promulgated by Democratic President Truman, but McCarthy was a Republican senator. Therefore, the final rise of McCarthyism was not determined by a certain political force, but a spontaneous rise in the imperceptibility. . McCarthy himself has become synonymous with this historical event because of his overly representative behavior.
As a politician, McCarthy has fatal flaws. I am so happy, and always exaggerate and often have false words. But that kind of crazy clamor and vigorous exaggeration of the tension has formed a hypnosis to the people invisibly, allowing him to go unimpeded. The entire United States seems to believe that without McCarthy, without his investigations, sooner or later this country would become the next member of the Soviet Union.
At this time, a group of rational and intellectual people represented by Murrow stood up. Murrow questioned McCarthy's series of practices through television programs. He said: "For those who oppose Senator McCarthy's approach, this is not the time to remain silent. We can disregard our traditions and our history, but we cannot avoid responsibility for the consequences. It is impossible for a citizen of the Republic to remain silent. Give up your responsibilities.” It can be said that in the political atmosphere at the time, it took considerable courage to say such a thing, because McCarthy could use Murrow’s words to investigate him at any time, and in fact McCarthy did the same. . Here Murrow shows the solar terms of a journalist and an independent thinking intellectual. Due to the opportunity of the times, he became a voice that millions of people are willing to listen to, but he did not abuse this power, but used his thinking to enlighten those who were deceived by McCarthy's crazy face.
McCarthy's final ruin was destined. When people empower a person to eliminate dissidents, they will eventually find that they will also be the object of elimination. The failure of McCarthyism is an irreversible process, but Murrow's voice and his resistance at least shortened this process, otherwise it is difficult to imagine how many people would be covered by McCarthy in the net.
When William Manchester sketched Murrow in "Glory and Dreams", he said: "Merrow is essentially a conservative, although few people know this." I believe that Murrow's conservatism lies in his belief in some creeds, the ideal framework that those founders have worked hard to build, and those creeds about freedom. This is the life of American politics. To be conservative with it means to preserve the blood of this country.
In reality, Murrow was not defeated by McCarthy, but was defeated by the industry he was engaged in. His show was curtailed because he wanted to make way for entertainment. The people no longer need to preach strictly, they hope to be able to relax and relax in the evening. As a result, Murrow, who was smoking a cigarette and leading everyone to think, gradually disappeared.
At the end of Murrow's sketch in "Glory and Dreams," Manchester said with some optimism: "His ashes were scattered on his own farm in Pauline, New York City. But Edward Murrow's life did not end here. Buried in Under the six-foot yellow soil of the farm, there is a new TV cable. As long as it is left there for one day, as long as the social function of the communications and broadcasting industry still maintains a strong potential, the spirit of this person will still be alive." Is that so? Faced with this uproarious era, I doubt it.
The expression of Murrow in the movie is monotonous and a little unsmiling. Maybe he is thinking about the content of his next speech. Only thinking can represent our real existence.
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