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Program 227: A Look at the U.S. Press from Abroad

In this panel discussion, fifteen foreign journalists discuss their experiences working for American newspapers, and give their assessment of the U.S. press. They conclude that American newspapers are more honest but more ignorant than those abroad, and are unconsciously more corrupt because they tell Americans what they want to hear rather than what they ought to know. June 21, 1965. [CSDI program number 227; UCSB tape numbers A7800/R7, A7801/R7]

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The Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions (CSDI) was founded by Robert Maynard Hutchins and was based in Santa Barbara, California, from 1959 to 1987. During that time it brought together many of the most capable and distinguished minds of the times to discuss vital issues facing American society of the day. Thanks to donors Neal Linson, Ceil Pulitzer, and Stanley Sheinbaum, a project has begun to digitize and make accessible on the web some of the most important conference proceedings, talks, and dialogues recorded by CSDI.

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