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By The Associated Press
Norman E. Isaacs, president
of the American Society of News
paper Editors, expressed general
approval Tuesday of a task force
report of news media coverage of
violence in the nation. But he
said the media, rather than a
government body, should police
the press.
Isaacs’ reaction was similar to
views given by other leaders of
the media in response to the re
port Monday by a task force for
the National Violence Commis
sion.
The task force concluded that
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environmental engineering has
been elected to a student panel
of five to advise the federal gov
ernment of water pollution prob
lems in South Central United
States.
David Zoellner of Tuscaloosa,
Ala., won the office at a recent
conference on pollution in Dallas
for students from Texas, Louisi
ana, Arkansas, Oklahoma and
New Mexico.
The student panel will advise
the Federal Water Pollution Con
trol Administration, sponsor of
the conference, and Secretary of
the Interior Warren Hickel.
Zoellner is chairman of the
Student Senate Legal Sights
Commission and also represents
the College of Engineering on the
Graduate Student Council.
while the media’s role in promot
ing violence often is exaggerated,
the media contributes to violence
by failing to report thoroughly
the social problems that lead to
violent confrontations.
The task force recommended
establishment of a Center for
Media Study, an independent na
tional council appointed by the
President, to serve as a watch
dog over newspapers and televi
sion.
“I happen to see a lot of good
things about the task force re
port,” said Isaacs who is execu
tive editor of the Louisville (Ky.)
Times and the Courier-Journal.
“I’m among those who have
been trying to lead the society
into adopting a national griev
ance committee procedure to re
ceive complaints from the public
about the performance of daily
newspapers and judging these
complaints on the basis of
ASNE”s long-standing code of
ethics,” he said.
“My argument has been that
the country’s editors have to
stand up as the conscience of the
profession and we ought to be
the ones to set up the machinery
to police the calling,” Isaacs said.
“I contend we will be in a lot
healthier position as to our cred
ibility if we go ahead.”
Describing the media as over
sensitive to outside criticism, the
task force recommends more self-
examination by the press, more
analytical reporting, greater con
trol over the coverage of dis
orders, and improved relations
between the media and minority
groups.
It says the government should
keep a closer watch on mergers
and other transactions that tend
toward concentration in the news
business.
The Federal Communications
Commission, the report suggests,
should clarify its fairness doc
trine governing the broadcasting
of controversial issues, and should
consider news and public affairs
broadcasting expenditures i n
evaluating broadcast license re
newals.
The task force on “Violence
and the Media” was headed by
Robert K. Baker, a former Jus
tice Department attorney, and
Dr. Sandra J. Ball, a Seattle so
ciologist.
“It is undoubtedly true,” the
report says, “that some groups
have learned to use violence and
the press to exploit their goals.
They have learned that the media
generally can be counted on to
give violent behavior a prominent
role in the day’s news.
seek publicity for their griev
ances, conflict and possibly vio
lence may be one of the tech
niques used in the fairly certain
knowledge that the press will
make sure “the whole world is
watching.”
“Although there is truth in
this charge, it is probably a good
deal less than seems to be popu
larly believed. First, violence is
not necessary to gain media at
tention. In the case of televi
sion particularly, any kind of
physical action or dramatization
of conflict will usually suffice.
“Second, groups who engage
in violence are apt to have their
message lost because of the media
tendency to focus on the violence
to the exclusion of the message.
“The result is that when they
“Third, the use of violence, as
is usually the case in university
confrontations, is a political in
strument used to provoke the po
lice and thereby radicalize large
numbers of students who are
sympathetic to new left goals,
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for the 1970 Junior Ball said
Jim Tramuto, class president.
The ball is scheduled for 8-12
p.m. March 14 in Duncan Dining
Hall.
Girls attending the ball will
be encouraged to wear a mode of
dress in line with the theme such
as “mini-togas” or “revealing
sheets”, Tramuto said.
The weekend will begin with
a decorating party in Duncan Fri
day night, Tramuto said, then a
12-4 p.m. barbecue Saturday and
the ball that night.
The band will be “The Preach
ers” from Dallas, he said, esti
mating that they will be playing
for approximately 500 couples.
Prices for the activities haven’t
been set as yet, Tramuto com
mented, but added that the cost
should run somewhere between
$3 to $4 for the ball and $1.25
for the barbecue.
Applications for class sweet
heart may be picked up from
Tramuto, Dorm 3-304 or Bill
Stockton, Dorm 3-303. A 5x7
photograph, which will be re
turned, must accompany each
application.
Soph Ball Tickets Go on Sale
Tickets for the Sophomore Ball,
schedule Feb. 13-14, will go on
sale Thursday at the Student
Programs office in the Memorial
Student Center.
John Sharp, sophomore class
president, said that the tickets
will later be offered for sale in
the dormitories. Each ticket,
which is good for both nights,
will cost $5 a couple.
Sharp also said that bands for
both night have been acquired.
The Cornerstone Blues will play
Friday night and the Countdown
Five will play Saturday night.
Sharp added that this Ball is
expected to be one of the biggest
ever and that they expect to sell
500 to 600 tickets.
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but ordinarily reject new left
tactics.
“Today, the press is less de
pendent upon violent content —
upon titillation in general—than
it may ever have been. The
hard fact is that violence is not
primarily what the news media
have to offer today. For those
who suppose that it is, that may
be because it is what they have
come to expect — or choose — to
see and read.”
However, the task force goes
on, “The media have contributed
to the widespread qse of confron
tation as an instrument of social
change by their failure to report
adequately the conditions under
lying current protest, by the pro
posals for solution of pressing
social problems, and by their ac-
jtion-oriented coverage of con
flict . . .
“The news media can play a
significant role in lessening the
potential for violence by func
tioning as a faithful conduit for
intergroup communication, pro
viding a true marketplace of
ideas, providing full access to
the day’s intelligence, and reduc
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