Word: public
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...PUBLIC BROADCASTING is fast approaching puberty. Born again in 1967 from the recommendations--which eventually became law--of the original Carnegie Commission on Educational Television, the fledgling system staggered as it grew. Almost two years ago, the doctors decided the system needed a checkup. The results of that long-overdue examination--labelled A Public Trust--are not encouraging. Carnegie II, as it has been called, would never win any awards for bedside manner. Its conclusions are brutally frank...
...supporters feel the media is hounding the new administration and Murphy agrees, noting that the commission may signal an end to the witchhunt. "The press is trying to embarrass people," Murphy states. "It seems to be a legitimate electronic press and print media attempt to chase around people like public officials, but we'll try to protect against that." Secretary of State Michael Connolly, another strong proponent of the ethics statute, agrees with Murphy, adding "The press ought to address the question of ethics for themselves...
...however, was breached far more often than enforced. As Harshbarger notes, "We have once again created a law and an enforcement arm. Like so many that went before it the question is--Will it go down the drain, or will it become merely an appendage or a bureaucracy? The public is happy so far and the thing has begun to function, but will that feeling be around in the future...
...MASCO encouraged the study because we felt that this information ought to be available to the public. Hospitals are a tremendously important business in terms of the city's economy," David Elovitz, executive vice president of MASCO said yesterday...
...running its bi-weekly meetings and wielding the gavel at all commission inquiries. "We have the whole field of conflict of interest, bribery and corruption in our jurisdiction," Vorenberg notes. "We intend to fulfill our intended role, for the history of this legislation makes it clear that neither the public nor the legislature would find it acceptable if we became merely a receptacle for files...