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National News Council

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Compliance and cooperation with the NNC was entirely voluntary on the part of news organizations. The Council had no punitive powers. Its only power was that of publicity, drawing attention to media bias in hopes of the media's taking steps to acknowledge and correct it. Some media outlets were more
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was said to have taken some pride in refusing to cooperate with the NNC, saying "I am against regulation of the press, including self regulation except within each individual newspaper or broadcast station." The NNC heard a total of 242 formal complaints during its tenure.
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The NNC announced in 1984 that it was dissolving. In the years since its dissolution, there have been periodic calls for its revival. General
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notably supported the Council, including Salant's serving as NNC chairman, but journalists within CBS itself, including
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and other sources. The Council was composed of 15 members, nine members of the general public and six journalists.
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and Walter Cronkite (both in reversal of earlier opposition) and
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Index

Markle Foundation
CBS News
Richard Salant
Walter Cronkite
Abe Rosenthal
New York Times
William Westmoreland
protracted libel suit against CBS
William F. Buckley
Mike Wallace
Murray Seeger
Roger Traynor
Stanley Fuld
Norman Isaacs
Lucy Wilson Benson
Edward W. Barrett
Richard Salant



"Westmoreland calls for national news council"





"Bring back the National News Council as a media watchdog"


"The Value of a National News Council"

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