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The Columbia Broadcasting
System is being sued for libel by General William Westmoreland , after alleging he suppressed figures about enemy size during Vietnam.
David Wheeler discovers that much of the hostility provoked has been directed at news organisations.
The attorneys for both sides, top managers at CBS and NBC, the offending programme's producer and General
Westmoreland himself, reflect whether newsmen are now abusing their privileges under the First Amendment of the United States Constitution.
Producer LOUISE PURSLOW

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General William Westmoreland
Producer:
Louise Purslow
Source: Radio Times

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Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

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