Abstract
The first quarter of 1952 brought no spectacular events within the field of journalism. Neither were there material changes in the status of controversies which developed in the preceding quarter. The decision in the case of five Louisiana newsmen accused of defamation by gamblers at Lake Charles had not yet been handed down. William Oatis of the AP remained in a Czechoslovakian prison.
Debate over the governmental security order continued in a more restrained way while an interdepartmental security classification board began operation to put President Truman's executive order into effect. Additional areas of news blackout were being pointed out in state and local government and in private business by some observers to be debated along with federal news restrictions. Increased administrative control of campus newspapers was reported from several localities.
Great interest was evidenced in new technical developments in mass media, including the impending “thaw” of the television freeze and the effect of teletype-setter circuits on subscribing dailies.
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