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Murrow Goodnight And Goodluck Analysis

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People nowadays are so blinded by fake news that they don’t understand what is really happening in the world. Back when Murrow was alive everyone knew the facts and what was really going on. Nothing was being covered up or forgotten. Murrow was the one person to live by his moral principles, have integrity and never changed so matter how many people tried to stop him. He always found new ways to bring the truth out and bring McCarthy plans to light. He spoke out about how the media is affecting the way people think and see things. Murrow states “We have currently a built-in allergy to unpleasant or disturbing information. Our mass media reflect this. But unless we get up off our fat surpluses and recognize that television in the main is being used to distract, delude,amuse,and insulate us, then television and those who …show more content…
So he starts using invective language and insulting the human population about doing something to stop what is going on before it is too late. The way Murrow speaks in Goodnight and Goodluck shows him using invective, sarcasm, and satire in order to get his point across. The way he speaks catches people's attention and make people want to listen to what he has to say. Some people may not agree with what he could had been saying but they still take it into considerations and think about it. He proved that with McCarthy that just because he had a couple people on his side doesn't mean he was wise. Murrow states “ Just because your voice reaches halfway around the world doesn’t mean you are wiser than when it reached only to the end of the bar.” Murrow is saying that no matter how many people listen to what a person has to say it doesn’t mean they are knowledgeable about what they are speaking about. Murrow always had integrity and never changed even when he was accused of

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