TELEVISION NEWS — LACK OF RESPONSIVENESS TO THE PUBLIC BODES ILL
I don’t know how I get on so many mailing lists, but one publication I get is called Wooster Reports from The College of Wooster in Ohio. In the December ’81 issue I read about Fred Friendly, former President of CBS News, who made a one day visit to the school. It included these remarks by Friendly: “If they (the electronic media, particularly television) don’t figure out a way to be responsive to the public, we could see the repeal of the First Ammendment in our lifetime.” Friendly noted that the courts are inconsistent regarding the First Ammendment and respond to public opinion. “If power is abused and the people get no response to their complaints, we soon could see modifications in the First Ammendment,” he said. “Television’s lack of insight about what it does is not small scandal . . . It is not accountable to government and it thinks it is…
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