CONGRESS AND MASS COMMUNICATIONS HEARINGS BEFORE THE JOINT COMMITTEE ON CONGRESSIONAL OPERATIONS NINETY-THIRD CONGRESS SECOND SESSION WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20; THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21; THURSDAY, MARCH 7; WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20; TUESDAY, APRIL 9, AND WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 1974 29-801 Printed for the use of the Joint Committee on Congressional Operations U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1974 JOINT COMMITTEE ON CONGRESSIONAL OPERATIONS CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES SENATOR LEE METCALF, Montana, Chairman CONTENTS Opening statement by Chairman Lee Metcalf of Montana_ Statement of Vice-Chairman Jack Brooks of Texas.. CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF WITNESSES Page FEBRUARY 20, 1974 Muskie, Hon. Edmund S., U.S. Senator from Maine.. Van Deerlin, Hon. Lionel, U.S. Representative from California_. Mondale, Hon. Walter F., U.S. Senator from Minnesota__ Humphrey, Hon. Hubert H., U.S. Senator from Minnesota- Anderson, Hon. John B., U.S. Representative from Illinois_ Pepper, Hon. Claude, U.S. Representative from Florida.. Taylor, Arthur R., president, Columbia Broadcasting System_. Rule, Elton H., president, American Broadcasting Companies, Inc.. Loomis, Henry, president, Corporation for Public Broadcasting... Jordan, Frank J., Washington bureau chief, NBC News.. Small, William, vice president, CBS News-- Coffey, Matthew B., president, Association of Public Radio Stations.. Giorda, William, assistant director, Communication Center, University Rome, Hon. Lewis B., State senator, Connecticut General Assembly.. Taff, Paul K., president, Connecticut Educational Television Corp- Yocom, S. Anders, Jr., vice president, Connecticut Educational Television MARCH 20, 1974 Prepared statement.. Blanchard, Dr. Robert O., chairman, Department of Communications, The Bagdikian, Ben, media critic, Columbia Journalism Review. Page 241 242 245 Warden, Philip L., Chicago Tribune Press Service.. 247 MacNeil, Neil, Time magazine... 250 Bacon, Don, senior correspondent, Newhouse News Service 253 Bernhardt, Gene, United Press International, chairman, Standing Com mittee of Correspondents.... 270 Prepared statement.. 273 Burroughs, Henry, Associated Press, chairman, Press Photographers 274 McLaughlin, Marya, CBS News, chairwoman, Radio and Television 275 MacNeil, Neil, Time magazine, Periodical Press Gallery. 278 APRIL 9, 1974 Sisk, Hon. B. F., U.S. Representative from California_ Frawley, Thomas J., Washington bureau chief, Cox Broadcasting Corp... Friendly, Fred, the Edward R. Murrow Professor of Journalism, Columbia McPherson, Harry, attorney, former counsel to Senate Democratic Policy O'Hara, Hon. James G., U.S. Representative from Michigan.. 350 359 Prepared statement. 367 Minow, Newton N., attorney, Chicago, Ill., coauthor, "Presidential 369 Prepared statement__ 371 Mitchell, Lee M., attorney, Washington, D.C., coauthor, "Presidential Steiger, Hon. William A., U.S. Representative from Wisconsin__ Prepared statement__ Zorthian, Barry, vice president, Time, Inc. Closing statement of Chairman Lee Metcalf _ 388 394 McGovern, Hon. George, U.S. Senator from South Dakota_____ McClory, Hon. Robert, U.S. Representative from Illinois.. Additional statements: Little, C. Edward, president, Mutual Broadcasting System. - Danahy, Hon. Paul W., State representative, Florida State House of Resolution of City Council of Jacksonville, Fla., commending to the Busch, Martin P., executive director, South Dakota ETV Board, Heide, Wilma Scott, president, National Organization for Women___ Page 423 425 426 428 430 432 433 434 440 441 444 |