Broadcasting Bill
Sir, —We have the Broadcasting Bill and we are not even to have a television panel discussion on it! The Opposition has spoken against the bill but no doubt many regard this largely as politics. The Public Service Association has spoken out against the bill but its views do not receive particularly sympathetic publicity. The churches made submissions but seemingly to no effect. Whereas 1 do not think that radio has the impact today, I would like to see television, at least, left out of the bill. Television is the ideal medium today for any public debate. Its real value must lie in its influence for good. I personally find it difficult, at present, to see how this can be safeguarded except by a public corporation.—Yours, etc., G.C.S. November 12, 1968.
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Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31835, 13 November 1968, Page 16
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