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Program 617: TV: The Exclusive Medium

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. Jan. 31, 1973. [CSDI program number 617; UCSB tape number A8242/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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