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Program 783: Shield Law Protection for the Press

Attorney Floyd Abrams, representing the New York Times, discusses whether the press would be able to prevent the evils that it alone is able to prevent if journalists are not allowed to promise confidentiality to their sources. Douglas Inquiry XIII. Dec. 8, 1978. [CSDI program number 783; UCSB tape number A8551/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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