Proposed changes in the regulations governing broadcasting that were made by Clay T. Whitehead, the director of the White House Office of Telecommunications Policy, provoked widespread concern about increased government control over the news media. In this panel discussion, the view that Whitehead's proposals would effect few real changes in government regulations is countered with the ironic remark that these proposals represent a kind of "emancipation proclamation for the broadcast industry." Featuring Harry S. Ashmore, Blair Clark, Reuven Frank, Eduard Goldstücker, Harry Kalven, James Loper, Donald McDonald, Newton Minow, Paul Porter, Lawrence Rogers, Richard Salant, Antonin Scalia, and Eric Sevareid. Broadcasting and the First Amendment III. 1 tape. [Transcript 5:2]. [LC 73-762711]

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