Government Secrecy and News Management by the Government, 1961-71: a Selected Bibliography (CRS Report for Congress)
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| Release Date |
Aug. 5, 1971 |
| Report Number |
BIBLIO71 |
| Authors |
Lynne Kennedy |
| Source Agency |
Congressional Research Service |
Summary:
Government secrecy and news management by the Government, 196171 : a selected bibliography. This bibliography includes selected references to material on subjects related to the Freedom of Information Act, such as secrecy in government, the right to know, news management, the credibility gap, and so forth. A separate bibliography on -the act itself will be sent under separate cover. This report covers the years from 1961 to the present, covering the administrations of Presidents Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon. Material covering the executive privilege of withholding information from Congress has been excluded. News management has been interpreted to mean government restrictions on the dissemination of information to the press and the public. Criticisms of the media's presentation of the news have been excluded. Although the Pentagon papers controversy is too recent to have generated much substantial material, we have included several representative articles. The bibliography includes references to books, reports, Government documents, periodical articles (Including law journals), and a few newspaper articles. Two publications of the Freedom of Information Center at the University of Missouri are essential to a thorough study of this topic.
