Advocates; Should newspapers be required to give reply space to political candidates and others they have attacked?

04/18/1974

Moderator: Charles Rogovin Advocate: Tobias Simon Advocate: William Van Alstyne Witnesses: Jerome Barron George Washington Law School Tracy Westen Director, Public Communication, Inc. Benno Schmidt, Jr. Professor of Law, Columbia University Reginald Murphy Editor, The Atlanta Constitution

License Clip

More material may be available from this program at the GBH Archives. If you would like research access to the collection at GBH, please email archive_requests@wgbh.org.

Got it

Series: Advocates
Program: Should newspapers be required to give reply space to political candidates and others they have attacked?
Program Number: 422
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: Charles Rogovin Advocate: Tobias Simon Advocate: William Van Alstyne Witnesses: Jerome Barron – George Washington Law School Tracy Westen – Director, Public Communication, Inc. Benno Schmidt, Jr. – Professor of Law, Columbia University Reginald Murphy – Editor, The Atlanta Constitution Co-produced with WCVE-TV, Richmond VA. Taped at the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA. Bears WGBH copyright.
Duration: 00:59:39
Asset Type: Broadcast program
Media Type: Video
Subjects: Westen, Tracy; Rogovin, Charles H.; Schmidt, Benno C., 1942-; Van Alstyne, William W.; Barron, Jerome A.
Locations: Williamsburg, Virginia
Genres: Debate
Topics: Public Affairs; Social Issues
Contributors: Schmidt, Benno (Guest); Murphy, Reginald (Guest); Barron, Jerome (Guest); Rogovin, Charles (Moderator); Simon, Tobias (Guest); Westen, Tracy (Guest); Van Alstyne, William (Guest)
Publication Information: Supported by a grant from the Open Society Foundations.
Citation: Chicago: “Advocates; Should newspapers be required to give reply space to political candidates and others they have attacked?,” 04/18/1974, GBH Archives, accessed December 18, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_3D61B0DE7BB345BA969B1D75C6E86988.; MLA: “Advocates; Should newspapers be required to give reply space to political candidates and others they have attacked?.” 04/18/1974. GBH Archives. Web. December 18, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_3D61B0DE7BB345BA969B1D75C6E86988>.; APA: Advocates; Should newspapers be required to give reply space to political candidates and others they have attacked?. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_3D61B0DE7BB345BA969B1D75C6E86988

If you have more information about this item, we want to know! Please contact us, including the URL.

GBH Openvault

Advocates; Should newspapers be required to give reply space to political candidates and others they have attacked?