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Press And The People, The: An Inquiry Into The Work Of The American Press In Informing The American People; Secrecy In Government
Part of Press and the People.
01/03/1959
Louis Lyons interviews Clark Mollenhoff, Washington correspondent, Des Moines Register, Minneapolis Star and other Cowles Publications and Edwin Lahey, Chief Washington Bureau, Chicago Daily News, Detroit Free Press and other Knight Newspapers on the topic of secrecy in government. _-_ _-_ Clark Mollenhoff is quoted as saying our federal administration is practicing a doctrine of secrecy which carries in it seeds of dictatorship. The press must destroy this doctrine of secrecy before it can be used to wreck our system of free government. _-_ _-_ Lahey is quoted as saying a good reporter is the natural enemy of the public official. The reporter tries to get the news; the bureaucrat tries to conceal it.
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- Series
- Press And The People, The: An Inquiry Into The Work Of The American Press In Informing The American People
- Program
- Secrecy In Government
- Program Number
4
- Series Description
Louis Lyons hosts this series of programs that discuss the problems and performance of the American Press in reporting leading questions of the day. Series release date: 1958
- Program Description
Louis Lyons interviews Clark Mollenhoff, Washington correspondent, Des Moines Register, Minneapolis Star and other Cowles Publications and Edwin Lahey, Chief Washington Bureau, Chicago Daily News, Detroit Free Press and other Knight Newspapers on the topic of secrecy in government.
Clark Mollenhoff is quoted as saying “our federal administration is practicing a doctrine of secrecy which carries in it seeds of dictatorship. The press must destroy this doctrine of secrecy before it can be used to wreck our system of free government.”
Lahey is quoted as saying “a good reporter is the natural enemy of the public official. The reporter tries to get the news; the bureaucrat tries to conceal it.”
Keywords: Media History Journalism United States Politics and government Washington (D.C.) Politics and government Secrecy
Subject headings: Historical television programs
Proper names: Lyons, Louis Martin, 1897- Mollenhoff, Clark R. (Clark Raymond), 1921-1991 Lahey, Edwin A., 1902-1969 Lyford, Joseph Brydon, Loyd
- Asset Type
Broadcast program
- Media Type
Video
- Subjects
- Mass media criticism--United States
- Media and politics
- Political corruption--Press coverage
- Mass media--Social aspects--United States
- Mass media--Economic aspects--United States
- Mass media--Ethical aspects--United States
- Newspaper publishing--United States--History--20th century
- Journalism--Washington (D.C.)--History
- Mass Media--History--United States
- Newspaper publishing--Economic aspects--United States
- Political corruption--United States--History--20th century
- Locations
- Boston, MA
- Genres
- Talk Show
- Topics
- Public Affairs
- Contributors
- Mollenhoff, Clark R. (Clark Raymond), 1921-1991 (Guest)
- Lahey, Edwin A., 1902-1969 (Guest)
- Lyford, Joseph (Producer)
- Brydon, Loyd (Director)
- Lyons, Louis Martin, 1897- (Presenter)
- Citation
- Chicago: “Press And The People, The: An Inquiry Into The Work Of The American Press In Informing The American People; Secrecy In Government,” 01/03/1959, GBH Archives, accessed December 23, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_7D5A70A572304400A941F7DA67E484A9.
- MLA: “Press And The People, The: An Inquiry Into The Work Of The American Press In Informing The American People; Secrecy In Government.” 01/03/1959. GBH Archives. Web. December 23, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_7D5A70A572304400A941F7DA67E484A9>.
- APA: Press And The People, The: An Inquiry Into The Work Of The American Press In Informing The American People; Secrecy In Government. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_7D5A70A572304400A941F7DA67E484A9