Word: candor
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...impressed with the lack of candor," said Bennett. "It was extremely pompous. Here were these guys in $4,000 suits making us feel like we were lucky to be getting the time of day." Company officials, on the other hand, assert that while Tucker was reasonable and focused on solutions, Bennett seemed intent on confrontation and publicity. "He came in with no information and no credentials to discuss any of this intelligently," says Fuchs. "I guess he thought he was the self-appointed marshal riding in on a white horse to be the arbiter of morals...
...that Murdoch's 1985 purchase of TV stations now at the core of his Fox network violated a U.S. law that barred alien companies from indirectly controlling or owning more than 25% of a station. The N.A.A.C.P. further charged that Murdoch was guilty of a "lack of candor" -- that he had tried to hide the true ownership structure from the commission...
...submit a plan to reduce News Corp.'s ownership to 25% -- a paper maneuver that Murdoch has said could cost him more than $200 million in capital-gains taxes -- or convince the commission that waiving the requirement would better serve the public interest. The commission rejected the "lack of candor" charges...
...bonhomie in the room failed to reflect the heated conflict the investigation's findings had ignited among the commission's staff. The investigators considered recommending everything from blanket exoneration to a formal accusation of "lack of candor." They encountered less than complete disclosure, says an FCC official, but failed to find evidence of deliberate deception...
Although Harvard appears to have annulled theoffer because of Grant's alleged misrepresentationin her interview, the case has raised questionsover both the candor a school can fairly requireof applicants and the extent to which juvenileproceedings are truly confidential...