A Preface To Liberty; ABROAD AT HOME
Date: 26 December 1974
By Anthony Lewis
Anthony Lewis
Article, assessing role of press in wake of Walter Lippmann's death, holds that 'this is an extraordinary time' for press, which is faced with power and doubt; discusses new dimensions of power perceived by press during coverage of Vietnam war and role in Watergate scandal; holds that function of US press is to open 'process of soc to sunlight' and to criticism; cites clashes between press and govt, noting that they are result of freedom and power given to Amer press
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TV: Assaying the Fairness Doctrine; Behind Lines' Takes Up Knotty Subject Salant of CBS Views Role of Government
Date: 26 December 1974
By JOHN J. O'CONNOR
John O'CONNOR
J J O'Connor comments on Dec 26 broadcast of Behind the lines on WNET, which deals with issue of FCC's fairness doctrine; discussion among Richard Salant (CBS news), Floyd Abrams (NBC), Everett Parker (United Church of Christ) and Jerome Barron (George Washington Univ) is moderated by Harrison E Salisbury (M)
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Judy Klemesrud Awarded $1,000 Prize for Reporting
Date: 25 December 1974
Univ of Missouri Paul Myhre Award for excellence in reptg is awarded to Judy Klemesrud (NY Times); other awards go to Sandy Flickner (Miami Herald), Phil Week (Bucks County, Pa, Courier Times) and Judy Lunn (Houston Post) (S)
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WCBS-TV LICENSE FACES CHALLENGE; Jersey Group Says Station Lags in Effort to Provide More State Coverage
Date: 26 December 1974
Special to The New York Times
NJ Coalition for Fair Broadcasting on Dec 25 threatens to challenge license renewal of WCBS-TV if network affiliate fails to 'improve' its coverage of NJ news; charges that station has violated '72 agreement that would have provided more news of NJ area; coalition counsel Mary Lyndon says WCBS has consistently failed to provide reasonable quality of news coverage of NJ; WCBS exec asst to gen mgr George Dessart says that station thinks challenge premature; says station officials had been meeting with coalition for 3 yrs and expect another meeting in Jan; Lyndon singles out for criticism station's failure to renew news program Tri-State Report'; complains that station is last to assign reporter to NJ on regular basis (M)
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