The late Richard Salant, a lawyer with no journalism background, was president of CBS News for sixteen years throughout the 1960s and 1970s. He became widely recognized by journalists as the "patron saint of television news." Salant's reputation as a news manager is the standard against which all others are still judged. He was instrumental in making CBS the finest broadcast news organization in the world at that time.
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The late Richard Salant, a lawyer with no journalism background, was president of CBS News for sixteen years throughout the 1960s and 1970s. He became widely recognized by journalists as the "patron saint of television news." Salant's reputation as a news manager is the standard against which all others are still judged. He was instrumental in making CBS the finest broadcast news organization in the world at that time.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Book Octavo, hardcover, VG, quarter bound in blue boards and black cloth w/ gilt lettering on spine. First printing. Foreword by Mike Wallace. Tells the story of CBS News during its Golden Age. Salant was president of CBS for 16 years throughout the 1960's and 1970's--nicknamed the "patron saint of television news". Of course 60 minutes is one of his stars. Here is a history of broadcast journamlism and the book poses an alarm about current erosion o f braodcast journalism standards. Should be read by all journalists.
