Object Details
- Artist
- Ernest Hamlin Baker, 1889 - 1975
- Sitter
- Edward Roscoe Murrow, 25 Apr 1908 - 27 Apr 1965
- Exhibition Label
- Born near Greensboro, North Carolina
- In 1954 veteran broadcast journalist Edward R. Murrow used the powerful new medium of television to expose the demagoguery of Senator Joseph McCarthy and call into question the tactics employed in his anti-Communist campaign. Airing in prime time on CBS on March 9, 1954, Murrow’s See It Now program focused solely on McCarthy and drew on audio recordings and news footage of the senator in action to critique his self-serving posturing and bullying behavior. “The line between investigating and persecuting is a fine one,” Murrow declared, and “the junior senator has stepped over it repeatedly.” In closing, he added, “This is not the time for those who oppose Senator McCarthy’s methods to keep silent.”
- Though McCarthy responded by calling Murrow “the cleverest of the jackal pack which is always found at the throat of anyone who dares to expose individual communists and traitors,” public support for the senator was beginning to waver.
- Nacido cerca de Greensboro, Carolina del Norte
- En 1954, el veterano periodista radial Edward R. Murrow utilizó el poder del naciente medio de la televisión para denunciar la demagogia del senador Joseph McCarthy y cuestionar las tácticas que empleaba en su campaña anticomunista. Su programa televisivo See It Now, transmitido en horario central por CBS el 9 de marzo de 1954, estuvo dedicado a McCarthy y sacó a relucir grabaciones de audio y clips noticiosos del senador en acción para criticar su actitud ventajista y hostigadora. “La frontera entre la investigación y la persecución es muy estrecha”, dijo Murrow, y “el novato senador la ha cruzado repetidamente”. Al terminar, añadió: “Estos no son tiempos para que guarden silencio los que se oponen a los métodos del senador McCarthy”.
- Aunque McCarthy respondió que Murrow era “el más listo de la manada de chacales que siempre van por la yugular de quien se atreva a denunciar a comunistas y traidores”, el apoyo público del senador empezó a flaquear.
- Collection Description
- In 1978, Time magazine donated approximately eight hundred works of original cover art to the National Portrait Gallery. The museum is dedicated to telling the stories of individuals who have shaped the United States, and the Time Collection—featuring prominent international figures and events—enriches our understanding of the United States in a global context.
- En 1978, la revista Time donó a la National Portrait Gallery cerca de 800 obras de arte originales creadas para sus portadas. Nuestro museo se dedica a narrar la historia de figuras que han contribuido a forjar el desarrollo de Estados Unidos, y es así que la Colección Time, que incluye retratos de importantes personalidades internacionales, nos ayuda a comprender mejor a nuestra nación en un contexto global.
- Credit Line
- National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Time magazine
- 1953?
- Object number
- NPG.88.TC147
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Copyright
- © Ernest Hamlin Baker
- Type
- Drawing
- Medium
- Graphite pencil and pen and black ink with white opaque paint on paperboard
- Dimensions
- Image: 16.5 × 5.4 cm (6 1/2 × 2 1/8")
- See more items in
- National Portrait Gallery Collection
- Location
- Currently not on view
- National Portrait Gallery
- Topic
- Costume\Dress Accessory\Neckwear\Tie\Necktie
- Edward Roscoe Murrow: Male
- Edward Roscoe Murrow: Politics and Government\Government official
- Edward Roscoe Murrow: Business and Finance\Businessperson\Business executive
- Edward Roscoe Murrow: Arts and Culture\Journalism and Media\Broadcast journalist\Television journalist
- Edward Roscoe Murrow: Arts and Culture\Journalism and Media\Broadcast journalist\Radio broadcaster
- Edward Roscoe Murrow: Arts and Culture\Journalism and Media\Broadcast journalist\Newscaster
- Edward Roscoe Murrow: Civilian awards\Presidential Medal of Freedom
- Portrait
- Record ID
- npg_NPG.88.TC147
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm43ef87ec3-43dd-4bcf-ade5-b5cc98ed42cc
