Talk:Richard S. Salant

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I was a bit surprised to find someone so important to the peak years of CBS News' influence and reputation did not yet have an entry. Salant defended the integrity and independence of his network's news to Congress and the FCC while developing and enforcing it internally.

I don't feel competent to try writing this article myself but want to contribute some links to help others get it started: Jeffreykopp 04:29, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

Richard S. Salant."
 * https://www.h-net.org/reviews/showpdf.cgi?path=162771095444906 review of the book "Salant, CBS, and the Battle for the Soul of Broadcast Journalism: The Memoirs of

http://www.questia.com/library/book/salant-cbs-and-the-battle-for-the-soul-of-broadcast-journalism-the-memoirs-of-richard-s-salant-by-richard-s-salant-bill-buzenberg-susan-buzenberg.jsp Table of contents plus excerpts of the book

http://www.perseusbooksgroup.com/perseus/book_detail.jsp?isbn=0813337038 Publisher's page about the book

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,903321,00.html Time article on Rep. Staggers' investigation into staged news

http://openweb.tvnews.vanderbilt.edu/1972-5/1972-05-18-CBS-16.html Summary of report, CBS Evening News, May 18, 1972, on dismissal of a CBS reporter by Salant for staging

http://archives.cjr.org/year/99/1/books-salant.asp Amusing reprint of a brief Salant memo emphasizing accuracy

Note about the National News Council
 * http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C06E1DC1638F935A25757C0A965948260

http://newcanaanlibrary.org/research/salant_room/ A brief memorial from the New Canaan Library

http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/powell200409170630.asp About the origins of the CBS News Standards

http://www.allbusiness.com/information/internet-publishing-broadcasting/677045-1.html "The development of the CBS news guidelines during the Salant years"

http://www.televisionheaven.co.uk/60minutes.htm Salant's role in bringing Hewitt's "60 Minutes" concept to fruition

http://www.npr.org/yourturn/ombudsman/020613.html Anecdote about Salant's view on changes wrought by news becoming profitable

http://www.nicholasjohnson.org/about/lzbd7312.html Salant counters communications commissioner Johnson's allegation of selectivity

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/03/02/DDGV95B58K1.DTL Cronkite credits Salant for encouraging his watershed statement of opinion on Vietnam


 * I have bulleted the two entries that are still live links and which offer citable access to the content intended. User:HopsonRoad 23:16, 23 March 2014 (UTC)