Word: salant
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...more prominent staffers, who argued ground rules on staging had never been defined. In New York, CBS officials would not comment beyond describing the affair as an "internal matter." But the network clearly intends to avoid further fakery of any kind. A recent memo from CBS News President Richard Salant admonished that "staging, or any false depiction, through editing or any other means, is intolerable." He promised severe disciplinary action against violators...
...only complained to the FCC but also threatened to open an inquiry by his Special Subcommittee on Investigations. The Washington Post, though praising the import of the documentary, published two more lengthy editorials, again challenging the film's production techniques and accuracy. Not surprisingly, CBS News President Richard Salant saw the Government attack as a Washington witch hunt reminiscent of the prevailing atmosphere during the Ed Murrow-Joe McCarthy confrontation in 1954, and dramatically pictured himself as an "electronic John Peter Zenger...
...fundamental defense, however, applies to both electronic and print journalism and goes far beyond the Pentagon documentary; CBS contends that the transposition of film footage was mere technique and that the screened product was a fair summation of the colonel's rambling oratory. "The important thing," says Salant, "is whether or not you are journalistically honest in your editing, not whether you present a verbatim transcript...
Caesar's Wife. Salant would have the near-unanimous support of all journalists in rejecting one Post proposal -that the subject of a film interview be granted approval rights over the final cut. That suggestion, Salant said, "strikes at the very core of independent and free journalism." No one in the press or Government suggests that TV not be allowed to edit at all. Journalism, whether print or electronic, must select and synthesize. But pictures lend themselves less readily to this process than words-which is one reason why print journalism is capable of subtlety and depth that...
...federal and state grand juries, U.S. and state's attorneys, the city corporation counsel and assorted individual plaintiffs and defendants in convention-related cases. The U.S. Attorney's office still has all the CBS video tape from the convention. "We can't get it back," says Salant...