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THE BATTALION
College Station, Texas Wednesday, December 13, 1972
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Listen Up—
by Jim Earle Too Powerful Press Blasted
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Editor:
I attended a recent political
forum featuring Dan Rather.
When I heard Mr. Rather was
coming I thought “This is good,
the media wants to communicate
with the people.” But alas! It ap
pears they are only “making” the
colleges to ensure a new genera
tion that will accept their line,
(i.e. the government is destroying
the press’s freedom).
The forum was billed as a dis
cussion concerning “The Press vs.
The Administration.” Mr. Rather
said “That is alright with me”
which implies that he welcomes
the press being set against the
government. A ludicrous state
ment at best. Why should any
body be against the administra
tion ? How can that help Ameri
ca ?
The press has set themselves
up as the “watch dog” of the gov
ernment. They claim a great cred
itability gap between the govern
ment and the people. I would like
to remind Mr. Rather that there
was a government in this country
long before there was a press and
I think history proves they did
a pretty damn good job without
the press “watch dog.” I even
submit this absence may be the
reason they were successful.
The press continuously empha
sizes the creditability gap be
tween the government and the
people. I believe that the gap
between the press and the people
is much wider.
I was fortunate to get to ask
Mr. Rather a question after his
address. I asked him, “What pro
cedures do the major news serv
ices and networks follow to in
sure responsible reporting and if
there are any, why doesn’t the
press use a little airtime to pre
sent them to the public.” Mr.
Rather talked a lot, repeated the
question, talked all around it and
finally said, “Different networks
do different ways, but in the case
of CBS Walter Cronkite had the
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SPACE CENTER, Houston —
In their second expedition on the
lunar surface, Apollo 17’s explor
ers gathered rocks Tuesday that
may date back to the birth of the
moon.
Eugene A. Cernan and Harri
son H. Schmitt drove 4.4 miles in
their moon car across a rugged
volcanic valley to gather rocks
and shift the rubble of an ancient
avalanche.
A third and final lunar excur
sion is planned for Wednesday.
though doctors said his vital signs
of pulse, blood pressure and tem
perature improved during the day.
The 88-year-old Truman was
hospitalized last Tuesday with
congestion of the lungs.
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PARIS — Presidential adviser
Henry Kissinger plans one more
meeting Wednesday with Hanoi
negotiator Le Due Tho before re
turning to Washington.
Both sides held intensified se
cret peace talks on two levels
Tuesday, but no details of the
meetings were revealed.
WASHINGTON—“A potential
major perturbation on the econ
omy and life style” of Alaska
could result from construction of 1
the trans-Alaska oil pipeline, says
a study prepared for the consor
tium which is planning the pipe
line.
The study, conducted for Al-
yeska by Mathematical Sciences
Northwest, Inc., of Seattle, con
cluded that construction of the $3-
billion pipeline would cause
steeply increased needs for hous
ing, schools, medical care, police
and fire protection and other
For Buckley
Talk On Sale
services.
SAIGON — South Vietnamese
troops pursued a mauled North
Vietnamese battalion through the
jungles toward the Cambodian
border Tuesday.
Governments officials said a
major battle appeared to be shap
ing up with a North Vietnamese
regiment waiting just inside the
Cambodian border to attack the
oncoming government troops.
KANSAS CITY—Former Presi
dent Harry Truman remained in
serious condition Tuesday, al-
LOS ANGELES—The Pentagon
papers trial jury was sent home
Tuesday and several jurors ex
pressed disgust that they waited
four months in vain to judge the
case.
One member of the panel arose
in court and, in an emotional
speech, told the judge the jurors
were unhappy because their lives
had been upset for no reason. The
judge said he understood, but
would make no change in his de
cision to replace them, adding:
“You no longer have anything to
do with this case.”
Reserve seat tickets for William
F. Buckley’s Jan. 2(1 address at
A&M are on sale at the Student
Program Office in the Memorial
Student Center.
Buckley, syndicated columnist
and TV show “One the Firing
Line” host renown for his conser
vative views, will speak at TAMLT
in a Great Issues presentation.
The address will be in G. Rollie
White Coliseum with the first
several rows of seats I’eserved,
announced Great Issues chairman
T. C. Cone.
Reserve seats will be $1 per
student with activity card and $2
per non-student. General admis
sion prices are 50 cents and $1.50,
x-espectively.
MSC Student Program ticket
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final ‘say’ about what went on
the air and what did not” and he
stated that the check on good re
porting was in the fact that any
reporter who was not fair, ac
curate and fast would not last.
Too much of what the press re
ports is subjective and that elim
inates “fair and accurate.” The
mere decision of what to x-eport
and what to omit gives the pxess
tremendous power. Mi-. Rather
lost interest after that and I xe-
ceived no answer to the second
half of the question.
Well, I should not have been
surprised because about a year
ago I wrote a letter to the pi-esi-
dent of each of the thxee major
networks and asked them the
same questions, plus several
others. I did not xeceive a xeply
from two of them and from the
thir-d I received a copy of a
speech (to answer my questions)
and a letter stating they wexe
sorxy they did not have time to
answer my questions. It seems
the press doesn’t want to have
time to answer- these questions
or iun their business with the
openness they expect of the gov-
exnment. In fact, the speech they
sent implied they were tired of
being asked.
I ask the questions again,
“Where is the check and balance
on the px-ess?” Why don’t they
let us know what their procedures
ax-e ? “It’s all up to Walter Cron
kite” is not enough for me. I say
that is too much power for one
man or one oxganization and that
the px-ess does not px-actice enough
cax-e for the amount of influence
they have in this country.
The Pxess vs. The Government!
difficult decision
The press wields an awesome
power, maybe equal to the gov
ernment. I get to vote for the
Px-esident and our legislators. I
believe I have some control over
the government. But no one has
ever offered me a chance to
choose or reject the president of
CBS or Walter Cronkite.
That is not
for me.
Glenn L. Peavy
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Editor:
Yes, that’s absolutely right, our
Intxamural Depaxtment and their
sports officials ‘stink.’
What does Mi\ Palmer know
about intramux als ? He’s only
been in the department for years.
Of course, he does not deserve
any credit for the outstanding
job he has done.
What about those persons that
participate as spox-ts officials,
what do they know about sports ?
Most of them px-obably don’t even
know what a football, baseball or
basketball is, nxuch less what they
are used for. After all, we must
take into consideration that they
wex-e just picked by Mr. Palmer.
Yes, that Intramural Depart
ment is a real farce. I know I was
not offsides in that last football
game, and that idiotic referee said
I was. He must have done it on
purpose, or either he must be
blind. I’ll bet the other team is
paying him off. “Kill the bum!”
Mark H. Richardson ’74
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