Word: printings
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Overdrive's editorial policy is "to print the truth." There is but one truth to Parkhurst, and it is as pointed and uncompromising as the outlook of any political radical. Yet Parkhurst remains a firm believer in the American system, in democracy and free enterprise...
Further moral doubt about the way in which the press exercises its power is summed up in another frequent question: Why don't you treat a man as innocent until he is proved guilty? In short, the press is widely accused of having already condemned Richard Nixon in print. The fact is that the innocent-until-proved-guilty rule is a courtroom rule that does and should apply in judicial proceedings, where both sides have certain rights, including subpoenaing evidence, cross-examining witnesses, etc. It cannot apply in situations that are essentially political debates, and it certainly should...
...that the moral dilemma ends there. Newsmen constantly wrestle with the problem of how to find their way among the innumerable shadings of truth and the often agonizing choices about what to print and what not to print. Despite the public's frequently naive faith in "objective," just-the-facts reporting, every newsman must interpret and judge; which things to put in among various indisputable facts and what to leave out often constitutes the most important form of judgment...
...editor's decisions must depend on many factors-the nature of the leak, its apparent accuracy, on whether it comes from a judicial body or otherwise. He must weigh the possible damage to individual reputations against the public interest. The journalist cannot assert the right to print everything and anything; he must decide each case on its merits, while remaining accountable to his editor and, ultimately, to his audience. The decision is usually a battle of conscience waged by journalists far more seriously than most outsiders realize. In general, the American press today is far more responsible, far less...
...have to help rebuild an American consensus, a new agreement as to the country's meaning and goals. That will require a tremendous effort, perhaps some new habits of thought and work on the part of the press and new, broader ways of giving the public access to print or to the air. While last week's Supreme Court decision struck down the notion that the Government can enforce anyone's "right to reply" in the press, a responsible press will have to ask itself whether it offers enough chances for "replies" to be heard...