Member Gets F.C.C. Delay In Inquiry On Liquor
MacArthur Foundation Chooses Grant Winners
Protect Internet Privacy -- Privately
White House Opposes Censorship of Internet
The Clintons' Pen Pal
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Title: Member Gets F.C.C. Delay In Inquiry On Liquor
Source: New York Times (A12)
Author: John Broder
Issue: Advertising
Description: Commissioner Rachelle Chong has vetoed an attempt to get the
Federal Communications Commission to investigate liquor advertising on
television. "While I share concern about the serious societal problems of
underage drinking, drunk driving and alcoholism, these problems should be
addressed directly, by stronger enforcement of laws restricting the sale of
alcohol to minors, by improving drivers education and by programs that
assist recovering alcoholics," Commissioner Chong's statement reads.
President Clinton asked the FCC to investigate the lifting of a 50 year
voluntary ban on broadcast advertising by the distilled spirits industry.
FCC Chairman Red Hundt supports an investigation; fellow Democrat
Commissioner James Quello, a former broadcaster, opposes any FCC action.
Title: MacArthur Foundation Chooses Grant Winners
Source: New York Times (A14)
Author: William Honan
Issue: Philanthropy
Description: 23 MacArthur Fellowships were announced yesterday. They include
Pamela Samuelson, a professor of information management and of law at UC
Berkeley studying how modern communication methods are affecting
intellectual property; Susan Stewart, professor of English at University of
Pennsylvania, whose work includes a study of how literary practices
influenced social perception and activity; and David Forster Wallace of
Illinois State University, author of Infinite Jest.
Title: Protect Internet Privacy -- Privately
Source: Wall Street Journal (A18)
Author: Esther Dyson
Issue: Privacy
Description: This op-ed by the president of Edventure Holdings argues
that the government should not create regulations on Internet privacy.
Rather, solutions to privacy concerns like the Open Profiling Standard or
TRUSTe, a group that evaluates businesses' information practices and lets
consumers know the results, should be promoted.
Title: White House Opposes Censorship of Internet
Source: Washington Post (D1)
Author: Rajiv Chandrasekaran and John Schwartz
Issue: Internet Regulation
Description: According to a draft of a White House report, the Clinton
Administration will not support new legislation regulating Internet content. It
will support the continued development of technology to help users filter
online material not appropriate for children. The administration will still
back the Communications Decency Act, will lean towards industry
self-regulation, and will consider the Internet a medium different from
radio or television.
Title: The Clintons' Pen Pal
Source: Washington Post (C1) (6/16/97)
Author: Howard Kurtz
Issue: Journalism
Description: Sidney Blumenthal, a former writer for the New Yorker, New
Republic, and the Washington Post, has been a long time friend/advocate of
the Clintons and now is going to become assistant to the President. Many
have argued that Blumenthal was too close to the President to evaluate him
in the press.
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