Word: fabricator
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...startled to read in your issue of Dec. 14 a direct quotation attributed to me, which, while accurate in itself, when taken out of the fabric of the discussion in which it was made, gave a completely inaccurate impression of my position on the question of federal subsidies for commuter railroads...
Crassly Commercial. In broadcasting, wrote Rogers, "there is evidence of widespread corruption and lack of the personal integrity that is so essential to the fabric of American life." He also disposed of the excuse offered by network presidents for their crooked quiz shows, i.e., that they were merely duped by deceitful packagers; this, said Rogers, is neither a "practical excuse nor a legal one." But if he found broadcasters and advertisers crassly commercial, Rogers also found the Federal Communications Commission and the Federal Trade Commission incredibly casual. Beyond its licensing and rulemaking authority, the FCC has "investigatory power fully...