In Popular Culture
- In the 1986 television movie Murrow, Paley is played by Dabney Coleman, while in the 2005 film Good Night, and Good Luck, he is played by Frank Langella. In the 2006 film Infamous, Paley is played by Lee Ritchey.
- The philandering character Sidney Dillon in Truman Capote's unfinished novel Answered Prayers is based on Paley.
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