Word: factualism
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There are degrees of freedom and pressure, and often nations that subdue their own' press will allow foreign correspondents free passage-while censoring their findings in incoming papers and magazines. Last week, for example, Ethiopia, annoyed by factual accounts in U.S. magazines of December's short-lived revolt against Emperor Haile Selassie, turned back the magazines at customs...
People who say The Ugly American reads as if it had been "written in a hurry" usually don't know how right they are. Six days before a similar, completely factual version of the slashing attack on American diplomatic methods was to go to the publisher, co-authors William J. Lederer and Eugene Burdick decided the book would be more successful as a novel. They burned every page of every copy, hired four dictating machines and four stenographers, and started from scratch. They made the publisher's deadline...
...Lowell House, invited him to return for a few days to the place where he had stayed as a Nieman fellow. Lederer remained here for the longer period for three reasons: "First, the atmosphere was perfect for working; second, there were a great many scholars nearby to consult on factual details; and third, it was interesting to talk with the students, especially since the book emphasizes that the future of the country is with the young. It starts off jammed with scandals, and ends with tremendous optimism...
...have paid the cost of transportation of a Persian, not an Arab. This is their sole contribution to the Program. They had no influence whatsoever on the selection of invited guests. Moreover, there is no "panel on the Near East" during 20th Century Week. Professor Jones, therefore, has no factual basis for drawing the conclusion that he did. Roger M. Leed, General Chairman, 20th Century Week. John L. Simmons, Finance Chairman...
...Athletic Syndrome. One of the most pro-Kennedy of all the pundits, both before and after the July Democratic National Convention, is Syndicated Columnist Joseph Alsop, who insists that he believes only in "factual impartiality." To Alsop, Kennedy is a "marvelous natural athlete," Nixon a "self-made athlete, somewhat synthetic, if you will." The Nixon campaign pitch, Alsop finds, has "much emotion but almost no facts at all. It has the uniformity, and. some would say. the approximate intellectual consistency of toothpaste." But Kennedy's language is "elevated, even literary, for this man is something of an artist with...