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■ • •• - : - ■ • •::: . ■ c:: •-• ; • . ■ ' : . . .. ■ •• . : ” . •' : . ■ ^. . a result ance he 1HE BATTALION le n ew budget e money l0 th the space station. Bit 10ne y to start in de 'ay that } y a year. It billion to de- -le—necessarj- ld supplies to Wednesday, January 14, 1970 College Station, Texas Page 5 Newsmen Generally Approve Media-Violence Report ivit y already rkers by ft, or °ther joh bound to coa. ! problems to is should tie - >n ^ r \-/'vAyV' 1 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 Ag Grad Student On Federal Panel m An A&M graduate student in 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, ‘Bacchus’ Theme Of Junior Ball FOR THOSE WHO KNOW THEIR Courr-is and Buy Books Now ... REFUNDS — On Books You Can’t Use Up To One Week After Semester .Begins Loupot's North Gate “Bacchus — god of wine, wom en and song” will be the theme 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. 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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 ing the incentive to confrontation that sometimes erupts in vio lence. That is a subtle and un certain mission.” holiday health- RESOLVE NOW! SHAPE UP FOR THE NEW YEAR! 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