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| Program Number | S0338 |
| Title | Newsmen and the Law |
| PBS Number | 811 |
| Moderator | - |
| Host | Buckley, William F. (William Frank), 1925-2008. |
| Guest(s) | 1) Worthington, Peter, 1927- - Editor of the Toronto Sun 2) Rusher, William A., 1923- - Publisher of National Review |
| Taped on | Aug 22, 1978 (New York City, NY) |
| Broadcast Date | Sept 15, 1978 |
| Duration | 60 minutes (or hh:mm:ss) |
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| Summary | 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." |
| Subject Heading(s) | Confidential communications -- Press -- Canada. Official secrets -- Canada. Government and the press -- Canada. Freedom of the press -- Canada. Journalistic ethics -- Canada. Freedom of the press -- United States. Journalistic ethics -- United States. |
| Related Document(s) | Type(s): Transcript Type(s): Research materials |
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| Transcript | Download transcript (80040_s0338_trans.pdf) |
