What's Fact What's Opinion TV Viewers Can't Tell Today
A conservative column discusses Vice President Agnew's critique of the national press and the widening credibility gap. It notes distrust in AP reporting on Laos, CBS bias in Vietnam coverage, and calls for clear labeling of opinion while urging journalists to deliver impartial news.
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Agnew
Columbia Broadcasting System
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Examiner
Laos
Associated Press
Washington
Pentagon
New York
Chicago
Daley
Net
CBS
America
F. Edward Hebert
Vietnam
Nixon
Free Speech Editor Calls for Open Debate in Democracy
The Messenger argues democracy relies on open discussion and accountability. It condemns secret surveillance of critics by intelligence agencies and warns such intimidation mirrors totalitarian practice. Citizens should expose bad ideas to sunlight through debate.
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the Messenger
Gap talk and calls for caution from Gov Gilligan
In a February piece editor notes two gaps in society as Gov John J. Gilligan urges parents not to denounce children seeking change. He warns against demonstrations violence and lawlessness while urging wiser youth and national repentance citing biblical verses and addressing communism fears. Charles H. Bryson Racine.
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the Messenger
John J. Gilligan
Charles H. Bryson Racine
Black Sox grand jury indicts 15 players in 1919 scandal
The Messenger recalls a Cook County grand jury indicting 15 Chicago White Sox players and several gamblers in the Black Sox baseball scandal. Also noted are efforts by Athens County churches to form an illiteracy removal association and a 25 year old government move to speed veteran housing construction.
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Cook County
Chicago White Sox
Black Sox
Association For the Prevention and
Athens County
Athens News Summary From The Messenger March 26 1971
Athens Ohio edition of The Messenger dated Friday March 26 1971 presents local notices and brief items. It lists staff roles including publisher executive editor and circulation director alongside Athens address and publishing details.
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Athens
Ohio
Diluting The Black Vote in Virginia Delegates Plan Attack
Critics label Virginia's 52 multimember House districts as discriminatory against black voters. The Lawyers Committee cites richmond demographics and prior DOJ actions, urging rejection of at large districts as unconstitutional under the Voting Rights Act.
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Virginia
House of Delegates
Lawyers Committee For Civil Rights Under Law
Department of Justice
Department
John F. Kennedy
Richmond
Assembly
Justice Department
Alabama
Indianapolis
Return Of Green Berets Signals End of Counterinsurgency Era
Washington Post and News Service commentary notes the homecoming of the last Green Beret unit from Vietnam marks the burial of counter-insurgency as an American strategy. It argues U.S. approaches under Nixon blend airpower with local troops but fail to win hearts and minds, and that nation building at home remains the real challenge.
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Stanley Karnow
Washington Post
L.A. Times
Vietnam
U.S
Lyndon Johnson
Kennedy
Camelot
Green Berets
Robert Rheault
Saigon
France
Algeria
Mao Tse-Tung
de Gaulle
Che Guevara
Bolivia
United States
Nixon
Johnson
Laos
The Messenger Publishing Co. Athens Ohio Notice
Daily publication details for The Messenger Publishing Co. show subscription and delivery options. Rates include daily and Sunday editions by carrier or mail with varying weekly and yearly prices for Ohio West Virginia and other U.S. areas. The notice lists office address at 43 W Union St Athens Ohio 45701 and post office classification.
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Athens Messenger
the Messenger Publishing Company
West Union Street
Athens
Ohio
Frederick W. Bush
Gordon K. Bush
West Virginia
U.S. & Possessions
the Messenger Publishing Co
W. Union St
Laos causes shift in public opinion on Nixon war policy
Washington insight notes a sea change in US view of the Laos operation and Nixon's Vietnam policy. Polls show declining approval, with 56 percent backing Nixon before Laos and a drop to 51 percent after, while confidence in truthful wartime conduct wanes.
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Laos
Johnson
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