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Eisenhower: “I once heard an expression with respect to newspaper standards: the newspaper columns belong to the public and the…”

On the recordMay 23, 1955
I once heard an expression with respect to newspaper standards: the newspaper columns belong to the public and the editorial page belongs to the paper.
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Eisenhower
Republican · Kansas

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Remarks to the National Association of Radio and Television Broadcasters.

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