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...trial judge, Sir Joseph Cantley, 68, rejected initial defense attempts to disqualify three prosecution witnesses who have signed contracts to sell their steamy stories to newsmen. He also warned the 69 attendant reporters: "No one must tamper with the witnesses. No interviews, nothing. Anybody who does will be punished. Better bring a toothbrush if you plan to do that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: An Ordeal by Scandal | 5/21/1979 | See Source »

When Frank Sinatra had a beef with newsmen, he used to settle it with a punch in the nose, a volley of obscenities or a promise to jam a camera where the sun never shines. Now Sinatra has rejoined the fray in more orthodox and, just possibly, more effective fashion. He has endorsed an article critical of the press in Policy Review, published by the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank in Washington, and has mailed copies of the piece to the President, Congressmen, college journalism departments, publishers and columnists...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: Ol' Black Eyes | 5/21/1979 | See Source »

...Byrd. Last week a court approved a settlement in which Irwin will be paid $1,600 a month by his exwife, as long as he remains unmarried. She herself had proposed a payment because of his lack of income. "It was just something I wanted to do," she told newsmen. Nevertheless, the settlement occurred only two months after the U.S. Supreme Court, in Orr vs. Orr, ruled that husbands could collect alimony. "This is the beginning of a trend," said Irwin's lawyer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, May 14, 1979 | 5/14/1979 | See Source »

...Western newsmen are hassled

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: Soviet Hit List? | 5/7/1979 | See Source »

...jail for refusing to turn over his notes in a criminal trial, allowed Government investigators access to journalists' phone records, and in a decision that shocked many reporters, upheld a surprise police raid of a newspaper office. Last week the high court ruled 6 to 3 that newsmen must answer questions about what they were thinking when they prepared reports that resulted in libel suits. "The courts can take your notes, the Government can take your telephone records, and the police can march into the newsroom," said Jack Landau of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: The Mind of a Journalist | 4/30/1979 | See Source »

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