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Advocates; Should Newsmen be allowed to keep secret their sources of information without fear of jail?

Part of The Advocates.

12/07/1972

Moderator: Michael Dukakis Advocate: Howard Miller Advocate: John Harmer Witnesses: Rep. Jerome Waldie – (D) California Paul Branzburg – Reporter, Detroit Free Press William Frye – District Attorney Oregon, 1958-66 David Wilson – Columnist, Boston Globe


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Series
Advocates
Program
Should Newsmen be allowed to keep secret their sources of information without fear of jail?
Program Number

310

Series Description

A SERIES OF DEBATES with a moderator facilitating the discussion of national and international issues - using advocates who would introduce witnesses to support their point of view. Debates recorded at Boston's Faneuil Hall. Moderators included: Michael Dukakis; Marilyn Berger; Michael Harrington, Robert Maynard. (Premiered October, 1969; conceived by Prof. Roger Fisher.) Other participants included Barney Frank, Avi Nelson, Antonin Scalia, S.I. Hayakawa, Paul Simon, Albert Shankar, Richard Bolling, Pete McCloskey, Chester Crocker, John Anderson, Elmo Zumwalt, George Ball, John Kenneth Galbraith, William Colby, Eleanor Smeal, Phyllis Schlafly, Sam Ervin, Laurence Tribe, Daniel Schorr, Orrin Hatch, Morris Udall, Edward Kennedy, George McGovern, Jake Garn, Paul Tsongas, Alan Dershowitz. Series release date: 1969

Program Description

Moderator: Michael Dukakis Advocate: Howard Miller Advocate: John Harmer Witnesses: Rep. Jerome Waldie – (D) California Paul Branzburg – Reporter, Detroit Free Press William Frye – District Attorney Oregon, 1958-66 David Wilson – Columnist, Boston Globe Produced by WGBH. Taped at the California State House. Bears WGBH copyright

Duration

01:00:13

Asset Type

Broadcast program

Media Type

Video

Subjects
Frye, William
Dukakis, Michael S. (Michael Stanley), 1933-
Branzburg, Paul
Wilson, David
Waldie, Jerome R.
Harmer, John
Miller, Howard E.
Locations
California State House
Genres
Debate
Topics
Public Affairs
Social Issues
Contributors
Wilson, David (Guest)
Branzburg, Paul (Guest)
Dukakis, Michael (Moderator)
Miller, Howard (Guest)
Harmer, John (Guest)
Waldie, Jerome (Guest)
Frye, William (Guest)
Publication Information
Supported by a grant from the Open Society Foundations.
Citation
Chicago: “Advocates; Should Newsmen be allowed to keep secret their sources of information without fear of jail?,” 12/07/1972, GBH Archives, accessed March 28, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_E36DB52B4CC14B1A812AEB4DDB9FCC00.
MLA: “Advocates; Should Newsmen be allowed to keep secret their sources of information without fear of jail?.” 12/07/1972. GBH Archives. Web. March 28, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_E36DB52B4CC14B1A812AEB4DDB9FCC00>.
APA: Advocates; Should Newsmen be allowed to keep secret their sources of information without fear of jail?. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_E36DB52B4CC14B1A812AEB4DDB9FCC00
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