L.A. TIMES PUBLISHER SOUNDS WARNING

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00845R000100660011-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 9, 2010
• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: December 9, 1981
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/06/09 :CIA-RDP90-008458000100660011-3
THE WASHINGTOi~ POST
9 December 1981
,., The publisher of The Los Angeles..; ~- . "We ought to admit it; there are =to government
to the'c
iirts
to th
,
a
,
e
Times warned yesterday that mount= ''; too many violations of joi:rnalistic corporate board rooms. ~u~ too many
ing public pressure .to curb the ~na-'::-.ethics ...The fact is that many iti of us apply a double standard when
lion's press will not subaide?urttil the ..: our profession have been guilty of ..inquiries are made into the probity of
ews media ado t the name s[aridatd'~~ conflicts9 of interest, have been guilty ~ ~ 4 , _
4 P ~ our own actions. :-
Qf ethics they expect from others. ~ ~~ of presenting outright fiction as fact, ~,',
~ ~: Johnson :warned that "v+e cannot 'i
. Tom Johnson, in rerriarks re ared :_:-have been guilty of irresponsible and
P p .. ;. have it both ways-pleading our
prejudicial reporting. .'
_~or delivery at the: Fourth ,Annual ~~ < .~Joh~ISan said the news media-are -rights under the First Amendment ~
,,Frank E. Gannett Lecture; said the ~ ~ 'quick to investigate conflicts of inter- ~' while opting to_ remain silent under
'current suspicion: of the news media ?~: est on the part of public officials and ~ ~: the Fifth ". Ne said.'.the news media
!will persist "until we are willing to insist ~on ~prtblic explanations for the ;have too much power;to. try to ez-
"apply to ourselves the same standards actions of private corporations.: Yet, ~_: empt itself from.accoun~ability while j
'we demand of pothers ' ? i2 ?_ ~.?he said, "We insist 'on greater access ~ demandirr~ it of others.' ;..;; ? ~
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/06/09 :CIA-RDP90-008458000100660011-3