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...late in July for leaving the scene of an accident, saying at the time that Kennedy "has already been and will continue to be punished far beyond anything this court can impose." That statement suggests sympathy for Kennedy's predicament, but the judge also seems to recognize a public interest in uncovering more details of the accident. He has declared it essential that Kennedy testify, and said that he would subpoena the Senator if need...
Whatever negligence may have been involved, an inquest does not seem to be the most efficient way to gather the evidence of it. The public has a legitimate interest in knowing whether or not Kennedy misrepresented the facts of the accident, but a U.S. Senator, like any other citizen, has a right to be protected from prejudicial publicity that may affect some future legal matter. Unless Judge Boyle keeps the testimony within bounds, the inquest could turn into a circus that would be unfair to Kennedy and the other witnesses as well...
...PUBLIC criticism of newspapers is the shrillest and most widespread I have seen in 18 years. The public mood is uneasy, querulous, fearful." The words are those of Wallace Allen, managing editor of the Minneapolis Tribune, but the view is shared by many reporters, writers and editors. Television is also a target. After last summer's Chicago convention, the U.S. was plunged into debate over TV coverage of the riots. Did the cameramen and commentators deliberately distort their reportage in favor of the protesters and against the police? In a postmortem, NBC News Chief Reuven Frank wrote that...
...survey for TIME, Louis Harris has undertaken a study of the public's confidence in the press, its trust and preference in news sources and its attitudes toward some of the more controversial issues covered by the media. The results indicate that although Americans are quick to criticize the way news is handled, underlying public trust in the nation's press and in its constitutional safeguards remains strong. Harris finds, in fact, that nearly two out of every three adults in his representative sample of 1,600 express the view that they are "better informed today than they...
...survey indicates that, with one surprising reservation, the public's favorite source of daily news is television. When asked to imagine having "only one source of news," nearly half of the Harris respondents opt for TV, as against the one-third who prefer newspapers. However, when Harris asked, "How upset would you be if your main news source were to become unavailable for a month?", the result was reversed: 44% said they would be "very upset" to lose their newspaper but only a third would be very upset over a one-month loss of their favorite television news broadcast...