Francis Newton Littlejohn
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Francis Newton Littlejohn, Sr. (July 20, 1908 – November 24, 2005) was the news director at the American Broadcasting Company
that made the decision to cover the Army-McCarthy Hearings
live, from gavel to gavel. He resigned from ABC in 1961.
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
that made the decision to cover the Army-McCarthy Hearings
Army-McCarthy Hearings
The Army–McCarthy hearings were a series of hearings held by the United States Senate's Subcommittee on Investigations between April 1954 and June 1954. The hearings were held for the purpose of investigating conflicting accusations between the United States Army and Senator Joseph McCarthy...
live, from gavel to gavel. He resigned from ABC in 1961.