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"Sometimes to Tell the Truth, You Have to Take a Stand"

How legendary CBS News producer Fred Friendly still guides the work of a student, TYT's investigative reporter

By: Ti-Hua Chang
Jan 24, 2021

CBS News producer Fred Friendly speaks with Vice President Lyndon Johnson on May 8, 1961. (Image: World Telegram & Sun photo by Phil Stanziola via Library of Congress.)

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"Sometimes to Tell the Truth, You Have to Take a Stand"

How legendary CBS News producer Fred Friendly still guides the work of a student, TYT's investigative reporter