Word: schorrs
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Almost from the day last February that CBS suspended him for passing a copy of the secret Pike committee report on CIA operations to New York's Village Voice, Daniel Schorr suspected that he would never again appear as a CBS correspondent. Then came his eloquent defense of a reporter's First Amendment rights last month before the House ethics committee, which had demanded that he identify his source. "To betray a source would be to betray myself, my career and my life," he declared. "I cannot...
...What about the Dan Schorr situation at CBS? Was that mishandled...
...Well, in a way...only in the sense that the kind of publicity surrounding it was wrong. I don't know whether you agree with me or not, but the truth of the matter is that there are two Dan Schorr cases. One is the freedom of press issue, and there's no question at all that CBS fully supports Dan Schorr. We're going to go all the way; there's no question he had the right to get the document, that he had the right to publicize the document, as far as we're concerned...our executives...
...personally expect Schorr to be back working for CBS at some point in the future...
...certainly put it on that basis. Whether I expect him to or not, I don't know. I think it's 50-50, but for gosh sake, that's a personal opinion. I'm not an executive at CBS, I will not in any way sit on the Dan Schorr case. I was very offended that some columnist...said that if I had lifted my little finger that Dan Schorr would still be working at CBS. Well, he is still working for CBS technically; he's still getting his salary. But that is misreading my role and my power...