Fighting for the First Amendment: Stanton of CBS Vs. Congress and the Nixon White House

by Corydon B. Dunham

Book Overview

Here is an inside look at how a Congressional Committee, supported by the Nixon White House, sought to establish control over broadcast news by investigating editorial news judgment. Frank Stanton, legendary President of CBS, refused to produce outtakes from the award-winning documentary, The Selling of the Pentagon, subpoenaed by the Committee in an attempt to condemn the program and CBS. The Committee voted to hold Stanton and CBS in contempt,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275960277
• ISBN13: 9780275960278
• Release Date: September 1997
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.5"