Another gross inaccuracy occurs when. part way through the script. the narrator says: From towns like this throughout Florida and throughout the South. the 2 to 3 million move out on their annual migration. which ends in late November. They carry with them whatever little they possess. And near the end of the script. Mr. Murrow asks: Must the 2 to 3 million migrants who help feed their fellow AmericansHere we have still another surprise. Not only is this statement totally inaccurate. but the producers of this show knew it was inaccurate. A Columbia Broadcasting System press release dated October 20. 1960. announcing the broadcast referred to the estimated 3 million workers who migrate with Americas ripening crops.
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Generalization about the number of migrants.