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Protesting against the conservative slant of the American press, Nathan Robertson, Washington correspondent of PM, told a joint meeting of the Harvard Liberal Union, Post War Council and Radcliffe League for Democracy last night that economic and political decisions made in the next few months would be critical, and that "unless we can face these issues better than most of our American papers have, we're in for a lot of trouble...
...discussing the topic, "The Power of the Press for Good and Evil," Robertson told the gathering: "The power of the press is a pretty significant power at this particular time, and it can shape our lives to a large extent. I'm afraid that the press is going to use that power as it has in the past to misinform the people on vital issues...
...answer to PM's opponents who dislike the paper's liberal bias, Robertson points out, "it doesn't pretend to be impartial," "At least when you read a story in PM," he concludes, "you know that the author believes...
Since then, his profession has carried him all over the country to cover political events of national significance, besides affording him the usual diet of Senate debates, Congressional committee meetings, and White House press conferences. Robertson considers his coverage of the 1940 Republican convention his most stimulating experience...
...utility companies organized a terrific telegraphic barrage for Willkie," he recalls. "The one thing that put him in was this blitzkrieg which made it seem as if he had the public in back of him." Although his 1940 campaign was conservative, Robertson emphasizes, the Republican leader underwent a change toward liberalism in the four years that followed. "He became more educated," Robertson claims, "and his unsuccessful Wisconsin campaign was decent and honest...