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Fighting for the First Amendment - Stanton of CBS vs. Congress and the Nixon White House (Hardcover)
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Fighting for the First Amendment - Stanton of CBS vs. Congress and the Nixon White House (Hardcover)
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Here is an inside look at how a Congressional Committee, supported
by the Nixon White House, sought to establish control over
broadcast news by investigating editorial news judgment. Frank
Stanton, legendary President of CBS, refused to produce outtakes
from the award-winning documentary, The Selling of the Pentagon,
subpoenaed by the Committee in an attempt to condemn the program
and CBS. The Committee voted to hold Stanton and CBS in contempt,
and the House of Representatives held a full debate on its power to
investigate and control broadcast news. Had Stanton not taken up
the fight he describes to gain First Amendment protection,
broadcast news would have been shaped by Congressional hearings and
intimidation. Will new electronic media publishers resist such
government efforts on the Information Superhighway? Fighting for
the First Amendment can serve as a model for that struggle. Finally
Stanton's story is told in his own words in this extraordinary
account of his fight to secure First Amendment freedom for the news
media. This remarkable book examines the ongoing conflict between
media and government and dismisses the theory that press regulation
by a government agency is desirable. CBS's fight over The Selling
of the Pentagon clearly illustrates how government interference can
keep vital information from the public. Broadcast news history
shows that press regulations are not benign-despite government
claims-and once they are in place, neither great resources nor the
urgent need for truth may fully remove them. As public opinion
polls show increasing support for such regulations, Stanton's story
serves as a timely reminder of the need for a press free of
government interference as print, cable, broadcast and satellite
news move onto the Information Superhighway.
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