"We're seeing this idea of using government to scare or fine or use corporations to make journalists smaller," the actor, who ...

George Clooney jokes he’s putting his wife in the back row of his show. Fred Duval / Shutterstock.com However, it’s a scene Clooney is familiar with. After all, he spent his childhood in newsrooms ...

“No,” he says, somewhat convincingly. In a world with few moral authorities, Clooney harks back not only to Murrow but also to his father, Nick Clooney, an anchorman in Kentucky and later an ...

Murrow had a large presence in Clooney’s home growing up. His father, Nick Clooney, a veteran journalist, worked as a TV news anchor and host in a variety of cities including Cincinnati ...

According to Broadway.com, Clooney’s father Nick Clooney was a respected TV journalist and would often recite Murrow’s (character in the film) famous speech, which was featured in the film.