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...question is the unfettered freedom of the U.S. press to examine critically actions of the nation's Government and public figures, as well as the public's growing impatience with perceived abuses of that freedom. It is likely to be, in the words of Trial Judge Pierre Leval, "a rare debate and inquiry on issues of the highest national importance...
Last month Judge Leval rejected CBS's plea for total immunity and sent the case to the jury. Leval agreed that Westmoreland could not prove recklessness by CBS, since 60 Minutes had interviewed so many people. But the judge ruled that if, as Westmoreland claims, CBS edited tapes to twist quotes out of context and ignored facts that conflicted with its conclusions, then CBS could be held liable for knowing disregard of the truth...
...pretrial conference late last week, Burt told Judge Leval that Westmoreland planned to narrow his suit "to make the trial measurably easier." Burt said he will focus primarily on refuting what he claims is CBS's implication that Johnson and the Joint Chiefs had been willfully deceived by the reporting from Viet Nam; Burt then dropped the charge that CBS had libeled Westmoreland by accusing the general of misleading Congress and the public. Boies said that the move showed "the case is beginning to unravel." The trial, which may last as long as four months, is nevertheless expected...
Federal Judge Pierre Leval, however, ruled two weeks ago that by publicly relying on the Benjamin study the network had forfeited any privilege it might have had. Said Leval: "CBS cannot at once hold out the Benjamin report to the public as substantiating its accusations and, when challenged, decline to reveal the report, contending that it is a confidential internal study utilized solely for self-evaluation and self-improvement...
Obviously the ideal situation is for all countries to be at a similar leval of revolutionary development. However, different countries are fighting at different stages, and it is not possible for some leadership to tell the people when the time is ripe for revolution. The masses themselves are the ones who determine when the time is ripe. In this way, Quebec occupies a very important position within the North American context in that it can provide an example for other people in their fight against American imperialism...