In this panel discussion, the participants speculate on ways the television system could be made more accessible to the full range of opinions, and therefore more democratic, so that people do not find it necessary to resort to bizarre, violent, or exotic behavior in order to obtain a hearing for their views. Featuring Reuven Frank, Harry Kalven, James Loper, Donald McDonald, Wendell Mordy, Paul Porter, Lawrence Rogers, Richard Salant, Antonin Scalia, Eric Sevareid, John Wilkinson, and Harold Willens. Broadcasting and the First Amendment VIII. 1 tape. [Transcript 5:7]. [LC 74-760431].

The Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions (CSDI) brought together many of the most capable and distinguished minds of the times to discuss vital issues facing American society of the day. Political and academic leaders, scientists, social scientists, legal scholars, journalists, theologians, labour and community leaders focused on topics such as peace and war, democracy, dissent, community action, ecology and the environment, elections and the electoral process, immigration, international relations, law and order, the media, race and ethnicity, and religion. Prominent participants included Senator Alan Cranston, Upton Sinclair, Milton Friedman, Mortimer Adler, Cesar Chavez, Aldous Huxley, Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas, Sander Vanocur, and Gunner Myrdal among many others.