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Goodnight, and Good Luck: 20 Years Later

Goodnight, and Good Luck: 20 Years Later

Update: 2025-09-24
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Joseph and Shirley Wershba, worked at CBS news back in the good ol' days. In 1948, along with Edward R. Murrow, Joe Wershba helped produce the CBS’s first salvo against McCarthyism. Brooke spoke to Joe and his wife Shirley in 2005 about the film "Good Night, and Good Luck," which was partly based on their life.


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Goodnight, and Good Luck: 20 Years Later

Goodnight, and Good Luck: 20 Years Later

shirley wershba, joe wershba, brooke gladstone