On that point, journalists should follow the example of William L. Shirer, who left Nazi Germany (even though CBS wanted him to stay) when censorship forced him to become a propaganda mouthpiece.
“I have seen one Democracy after another undermined because they accepted just this thing,” he wrote.
“I have seen one Democracy after another undermined because they accepted just this thing,” he wrote.
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CBS sent Harry Flannery to replace him, Flannery eventually hired Howard K. Smith, CBS Berlin broadcasts kept going more than a year after Shirer left.
Great books ["Assignment to Berlin" + "Last Train"] from 3 of them.
The contemporary correspondence makes it very clear that CBS wanted access in Berlin—even as he kept telling them the censorship made objective reporting impossible, so they might as well hire someone to read Nazi press releases.