The Great Upset of '48

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Program
The Great Upset of '48
Producing Organization
WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.)
Contributing Organization
The Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection at the University of Georgia (Athens, Georgia)
AAPB ID
cpb-aacip-526-h41jh3f631
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Program Description
"On several occasions as we have celebrated Paul Duke's long and distinguished tenure as the moderator of Washington Week In ReviewI, it has been stated that if there were a television hall of fame, Paul would undoubtedly be enshrined in it. Washington Week was started in 1967, but it was only when Paul took over as moderator in 1974 that it hit its stride for intelligent, incisive reporting and analysis of the week's news as seen from Washington. "There have been numerous clones of Washington Week. Some of them have higher Nielsen ratings, but none match Washington Week for intelligence and civility. Paul has through the years been the guardian of this reasoned approach. He has never stooped to the pressures for sensationalism and verbal pyrotechnics that have infected much of the rest of news and public affairs. "David Broder of the Washington Post put his finger on the essence of Paul Duke's Washington Week in a recent column: "'There is never a surplus of sensible, non-strident reporting and analysis, and Washington Week increasingly has stood out as a monument to that tradition in a landscape littered with 'infotainment' and other forms of junk journalism'there is a minimum of bunk and a maximum of good-humored skeptical but earnest effort to find out what is exactly going on'The trust that our colleagues on Washington Week engender benefits all of us in the journalistic community. Its an offset to the cynicism and distrust bred by the sarcastic, smart aleck shouters who dominate so many of the other Washington-based talk shows."-- 1993 Peabody Awards entry form.
Broadcast Date
1988
Asset type
Program
Media type
Moving Image
Duration
00:59:12.596
Credits
Producing Organization: WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.)
AAPB Contributor Holdings
The Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection at the University of Georgia
Identifier: cpb-aacip-fc3e8ea79df (Filename)
Format: VHS
Duration: 0:57:46
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Citations
Chicago: “The Great Upset of '48,” 1988, The Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection at the University of Georgia, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed May 2, 2025, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-526-h41jh3f631.
MLA: “The Great Upset of '48.” 1988. The Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection at the University of Georgia, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. May 2, 2025. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-526-h41jh3f631>.
APA: The Great Upset of '48. Boston, MA: The Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection at the University of Georgia, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-526-h41jh3f631