NBC News Defends Interview With Hostage as 'Public Service'; NBC Cites Newspaper Display CBS's Reasons for Refusing Danger of News Blackout
Date: 12 December 1979
By LES BROWN
Les BROWN
NBC News, criticized by both its own journalistic competitors and officials in Government, defends as 'important public service' its telecast of interview with American hostage in Teheran under conditions largely controlled by Iranian student captors; NBC News president William J Small, dismisses charges that network lent itself to Iranian propaganda; contends that plan for coverage was network's own and that NBC had option of not carrying broadcast at all if it decided material was unsuitable; concedes that network had to strike deal with Iranian students that involved promise of prime-time exposure and inclusion of unedited propaganda speech; reporters for CBS News and ABC News were also approached separately by students with varied proposals for joint 3-network interview with certain restrictions; networks rejected proposal; ABC News president Roone Arledge and executive vice president Richard C Wald, CBS News president Bill Leonard and NBC News anchorman John Chancellor comment (M)
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Bid Made For Canada Papers; Bidding Begins in Canada For F.P. Chain of Papers
Date: 12 December 1979
By ANDREW H. MALCOLM Special to The New York Times
Andrew MALCOLM
$100 million offer by Conrad Black and his partners for 8 major newspapers and 2 printing companies of Canada's troubled F P Publications Ltd will be major topic before company's directors, who will meet in Toronto on Dec 12; Black's holdings noted; Black and his partners may be asked to increase their offer; may have to contend with competing corporate buyers as well as possible new ownership alignments among some present owners; employee group at chain's flagship, Globe and Mail of Toronto, may bid to buy its own newspaper separately; Government has already begun preliminary monopoly investigation; illus of Black and George Currie, president of F P Publications; chart of major holdings of Argus Corp (M)
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Pakistan's Prisoner
Date: 13 December 1979
By Lawrence Lifschultz
Lawrence Lifschultz
Lawrence Lifschultz article on arrest
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The Duty of Journalist-Diplomats
Date: 12 December 1979
editorial on news coverage of hostage situation; notes that in absence of formal contacts, journalists have become surrogate diplomats; holds that journalists have not sought such role
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U.S. Says Marine Bolstered Belief That the Hostages Are Under Stress; U.S. Ponders Its Next Course Carter Called Personally Upset NBC Says It Had Control New Concern for Hostages
Date: 12 December 1979
By BERNARD GWERTZMAN Special to The New York Times
Bernard Special
Carter Administration official says Carter is personally upset by NBC News's televising of interview with American hostage; others criticizing network's actions are House Speaker Thomas P O'Neill Jr and Repr John Brademas (S)
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COLUMNIST OF TIMES REBUKED BY MOSCOW; Tass Says Reston Lends Credence to 'Malicious' Report by U.S. Intelligence on Cambodia 'Nonsensical Fabrications' Column Based on Statement
Date: 13 December 1979
Special to The New York Times
Vladimir Vashedchenko, who writes for Tass, accuses NY Times columnist James Reston of using his reputation to lend credence to 'malicious and nonsensical inventions' of American intelligence in regard to situation in Cambodia; column in question was published in Dec 12 edition of Times; Vashedchenko says 1 of 'fabrications' was that USSR was withholding aid from Cambodia and obstructing distribution of relief supplies (S)
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Soviet Is Said to Hinder Olympic Periodical Sales; Time Factor Cited
Date: 13 December 1979
By THOMAS LASK
Thomas LASK
Roland Algrant, president of Distripress, international organization of distributors and publishers of newspapers, periodicals and paperback books from 70 countries, charges that his organization is meeting opposition in getting Russians to agree to distribution of newspapers and magazines during next summer's Olympics (S)
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A Vicious Circle in the Kennedy Campaign; News Analysis
Date: 12 December 1979
By FRANK LYNN
Frank LYNN
Frank Lynn analysis of fence-sitting by majority of NYS Democratic leaders, who are waiting for signal from Gov Carey before endorsing a Presidential candidate; says Carey, who was leaning to Sen Kennedy, has been dismayed by Kennedy's slow and disappointing start; says Carey is not likely to endorse candidate until after new year (M)
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