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Newsmen and the Law
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Item Title Newsmen and the Law
Guest Worthington, Peter (1927-)
Guest Rusher, William A. (1923-)
Host Buckley, William F., Jr. (1925-2008)
Date CreatedAugust 22, 1978
Description

Mr. Worthington had been arraigned under the Official Secrets Act-ostensibly because he had published confidential Royal Canadian Mounted Police documents detailing KGB activity; or possibly, WFB posits, because he was such a trenchant critic of the Trudeau government. A bracing discussion of the rights and responsibilities of journalists. WFB: "The Pentagon Papers case, for instance-where would you have voted on that?" PW: "Oh, but you see, I don't have much use for the Daniel Ellsbergs of this world. It seems to me they're violating the spirit of their oath (if there was an oath). However, as a journalist, if I had the opportunity to receive the papers, I would publish them. Police don't have to admire the informer while using his information."

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Country of Origin
Place RecordedNew York City, New York, United States
DimensionsDuration: 60 minutes
FormatText
Medium television programs
Aspect Ratio
4:3
Color
color
Soundtrack
sound
Hoover IDProgram S0338
Record Number80040.580
NotesVideo available through special order.
RightsCopyright held by Stanford University. This copy is provided for educational and research purposes only. No publication, further reproduction, or reuse of copies, beyond fair use, may be made without the express written permission of the Hoover Institution Library & Archives on behalf of Stanford University.

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