In the early days of TV the broadcasting networks viewed television not only as an entertainment vehicle but as a platform for enlightenment of their audience through educational and cultural programming. The above is one such example. It stars Eddie Albert (before his Green Acres days) and co-stars Marian Seldes (niece of crusading investigative journalist George Seldes). The great pioneer investigative journalist George Seldes was one of my personal heroes. In his autobiography, Witness to a Century: Encounters with The Noted, the Notorious, and the Three SOBs, Seldes relates an interesting tale in chapter 22 of this book, “Lenin Speaks … Continue reading The Trial Of John Peter Zenger