Why Lou Grant mattered (in memory of Ed Asner)

In the mid- to late 1970s, hundreds, perhaps thousands of young people were inspired to become journalists after seeing the movie “All The President’s Men.”

But for those who already were journalists, even those of us with only a few years in the trenches, the real cultural avatar of the time was the CBS-TV show “Lou Grant.”

And at its core, barking orders from behind his desk, clad in rolled up shirt sleeves and loosened tie, was Ed Asner as the city editor we only dreamed of having.

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