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MEDIA
Chancellor cited the mystery of the Admin. in
whether it was "intimidating or recruiting"
Schorr. All noted that Schorr didn't know he
was being considered for a job and that WH said,
as hearing began, that he was up for a post
with CEQ. Cronkite said many journalists saw
incident as intimidation. All nets carried filmed
segs of Schorr's testimony in which he called
investigation without consent an "insensitivity
for personal rights' 11 and urged legislation against
it tho he acknowledgedR N's order to revise procedures.
He said the FBI probe not a neutral matter
follows him like a shadow, with callers suspicious
his lines are tapped and friends asking him if he's
still in "trouble" with the FBI. ABC/NBC noted
WH officials had refused to testify, with NBC
carrying Sen. Ervin on NBC film wondering if it
was "stupidity" or "duplicity" in handling the
situation.
CBS had Schorr responding to
EMK's query on difference in Gov't's attitude
to media over 10 years ago.
CBS also noted
FBI report was "entirely favorable" on Dan.
Schorr said the FBI investigation reflected "the
climate of suspicion hostility and nervousness"
the Admin. has helped generate about the news
media
He said the investigation began the
day after the WH called about questions he raised
on RN's commitment to provide parochial school
aid and that he believed the job offer story until
he ran into Malek who "professed ignorance and
surprise" and promised to call him back, which
he never did. (This section on start of inquiry
not on nets)
Schorr charged (in response to
EMK) the Admin. has made people believe "it
is no longer an honorable thing to be a newsman. 11
He said Admin has made effort to COW and
manipulate press, set public againstit; by design
discredit media and it makes no difference what
it says.
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