OBD: Aug-66
TRT: 60 min
Description #1:
Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, Malcolm W. Browne, is one of four newspapermen who discuss the problems of reporting and evaluating events in the Vietnam War. (Source: NET Jan-June 1966 Semi-Annual Report)
Description #2: (dated June 30, 1966)
This program examines the problems of reporting and evaluating events in the Viet Nam war. Among those appearing on this program, moderated by Paul Niven, are:
-- Charles Mohr of the New York Times
-- Malcolm W. Browne, who won the Pulitzer Prize in 1964 for covering Viet Nam for the Associated Press
--Joseph Fried of the New York Daily News
AT ISSUE #69: THE INFORMATION WAR is a production of National Educational Television.
Executive producer: Alvin H. Perlmutter
Description #3: (dated July 15, 1966)
This is to announce a revision of participants in AT LEISURE #69: THE INFORMATION WAR.
-- Dan Rather of CBS, who was announced in the program memo of July 13, does not appear on the program.
The participants therefore are:
-- Malcolm W. Browne, formerly of the Associated Press, who won the Pulitzer Prize in 1964 for covering Viet Nam
-- Dean Brelis, NBC correspondent in Viet Nam
-- Jack Foisie of the Los Angeles Times
-- Charles Mohr of the New York Times
Description #4:
Four leading American correspondents examine the problems of reporting in war time Viet Nam on National Educational Television’s “At Issue: The Information War.”
Filmed in Saigon, the hour long program will feature as participants Charles Mohr of the New York Times; Malcolm W. Browne, Pulitzer Prize winning freelance correspondent and former Associated Press reporter; Dean Brelis, NBC reporter; and Jack Foisie of the Los Angeles Times. The moderator will be N.E.T. Washington correspondent Paul Niven.
The panel discusses such questions as:
-- Is it a reporter’s job to protect the national interests?
-- Have there been instances of censorship of the press?
-- Has the administration attempted to play down unpopular news, such as the extent of civilian causalities?
-- Do newsmen report more about American failures than successes?
-- Is information issued by public information officers reliable?
The correspondents will also discuss their daily reporting problems, their relationships with government and military officials, and their opinions of the conduct of the war and the quality of the information reaching the American public.
“At Issue: The Information War” is a production of National Educational Television.
Executive producer: Alvin H. Perlmutter
Moderator: Paul Niven
Film Editor: Mike Pellegrino
Assistant Film Editor: Barbara Fallick
Production Coordinator: Dale Bell
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