Word: zenger
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...over 250 years, American journalists have waged a running battle against efforts to impede the gathering of the news. John Peter Zenger, an otherwise undistinguished figure, found his niche in journalistic history when his freedom of speech was curtailed...
Fifty-nine years later, the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution belatedly gave Zenger the support he wanted in 1732. And according to three of this year's Nieman Fellows, that First Amendment is all American journalists need...
...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...