Fred W. Friendly (October 30, 1915–March 3, 1998) is the former president of CBS News and the creator, with Edward R. Murrow of the documentary television program See It Now. In 1966 he resigned from CBS when the network ran an episode of I Love Lucy instead of the first senate hearings questioning American involvement in Vietnam, Friendly went on to create the Fred Friendly Seminars.

See also: Edward R. Murrow

External links

• The Museum of Broadcast Communications
• Interviewed by Don Swaim
• 1990 Open Mind Interview "The Power of the Media" Part One at Internet Archive
• 1990 Open Mind Interview "The Power of the Media" Part Two at Internet Archive
• Fred Friendly Seminars
• CNN Obituary
• Columbia University 250: Columbians Ahead of Their Time