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)
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 Richard S. Salant."
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
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C06E1DC1638F935A25757C0A965948260 Note about the National News Council
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
