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Carter moved to forestall fears that a crisis with the Soviet Union was about to erupt. He met with congressional leaders and told a hastily called press conference he still hopes "that the Soviets will agree to drastic reduction and strict limitations" of nuclear weapons. Vance meanwhile told newsmen as he left Moscow that "relations will continue to be good." He did not sound convinced. Still, Vance and Gromyko will get together in May in Geneva to continue probing for an arms solution. In addition, Vance and the Russians agreed to set up study groups to deal with pressing global...
...President then decided to explain the situation to the White House press corps because-according to a presidential aide-"he clearly felt that the newsmen needed a look at him. He wanted to show that he wasn't going to flinch and wasn't going to overreact...
Carter displayed both confidence and a firm grasp of the issues in his separate meetings with congressional leaders and newsmen. The performance -his most impressive so far in dealing with foreign policy issues-also regained something of a public relations initiative for the U.S. on the SALT standoff...
That was just what it was getting anew last week. Young had touched a sensitive spot, as thoughtful newsmen as well as scholars who have studied the problem of violence were quick to concede. Seeing violence on television, observed Purdue Psychologist Robert A. Baron, not only gives "unstable people the idea of doing the same, but also teaches them exactly how to go about it -it cuts out trial and error." Said veteran Lawman Michael Spiotto, Chicago's first deputy police superintendent: "Overpublicizing crime tends to bring the kooks out of the woodwork...
...newspapermen, however, have suggested such a delay, for they believe a blackout would generate wild rumors. So would legal censorship, which both newsmen and experts on violence argue is the worst possible solution. "Had the media tried to suppress the story of the hostages in Washington," argues Elie Abel, dean of the Columbia School of Journalism, "the danger to the public could have been greater. There was evidence of trouble, and if nothing had appeared in the news, panic would have developed." Says Richard Simon, formerly of the Los Angeles police: "If the truth is not good...