Complex sentence: Murrow famously gave a speech at an RTNDA event held in his honor in 1958, harshly critical of the network television establishment of the day, and its emphasis on popular entertainment rather than news and public affairs programming.
Split into simpler sentences: Murrow famously gave a speech at an RTNDA event held in his honor in 1958. The speech was harshly critical of the network television establishment of the day, and its emphasis on popular entertainment rather than news and public affairs programming.