1991-02-08

KUHT-TV (Television station)

The first segment is an interview on the press and freedom of speech in light of two Houston journalists being charged with contempt, with Tony Pederson, Managing Editor of the Houston Chronicle, Charles Cooper, Editor of the Houston Post, and Prof. Neil McCabe of the South Texas College of Law. The second segment features Alfred Sikes, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, talking about broadcasting rules and regulations. The third segment is a discussion of ethics reform with State Representative Rodney Ellis, State Representative Robert A. Eckels, and Prof. Richard W. Murray of the University of Houston. The fourth segment is a discussion on Islam and its history, with Prof. Lynn E. Mitchell of the University of Houston. The Houston Post's Joe Leydon provides commentary on racism. 

Ryan, Pat; Booth, Ward; Houston, J. D.; Gras, Patricia

television programs

Pederson, Tony; Cooper, Charles; McCabe, Neil Colman; Sikes, Alfred C.; Ellis, Rodney; Eckels, Robert; Murray, Richard W.; Mitchell, Lynn E.; Freedom of speech; Public television

KUHT Film and Video

University of Houston Libraries Special Collections

English

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