 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce - 1955 - 102 էջ
...Commission's licensing function is not open to question. These guides, like the first amendment, rest "on the assumption that the widest possible dissemination...sources is essential to the welfare of the public * * *.M Diversification, according to the Commission, "protects the public from being placed in the... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce - 1956 - 384 էջ
...antitrust case, the Supreme Court stated that the first amendment to the Constitution of the United States rests on the assumption that "the widest possible...diverse and antagonistic sources" is essential to the public welfare. — - •• " - - -. - • It is believed that the bills would unduly restrict the... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary - 1957 - 160 էջ
...broadcasting, in short, would negate the principle, fundamental to communication in a democratic society, that "* * * the widest possible dissemination of information...sources is essential to the welfare of the public." * A primary purpose of the Communications Act of 1934 8, the basic statute regulating radio and television... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations - 1964 - 1048 էջ
...Constitution similar to that of the Supreme Court in the Associated Press case — ie, a notion that the amendment •rests on the assumption that the widest...sources is essential to the welfare of the public.' " 2. CATV systems are a growing and widespread means of disseminating television programs to the public... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary - 1961 - 384 էջ
...broadcasting, in short, would negate the principle, fundamental to communication in a democratic society, that "* * * the widest possible dissemination of information...sources is essential to the welfare of the public." A primary purpose of the CommunicationsAct of 1934, the basic statute regulating radio and television... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce - 1965 - 898 էջ
...1'rcss v. United Strifes, 32G US 1, 20 (1945)), quoting In the Editorializing Keport. p. 12 : * * * It would be strange indeed, however, if the grave...possible dissemination of Information from diverse arid antagonistic sources is essential to the welfare of the public, that a free press is a condition... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Small Business - 1966 - 728 էջ
...Itself. •As the Supreme Court has stated, the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United Slates "rests on the assumption that the widest possible...sources is essential to the welfare of the public." Associated Prest v. United Stnte*. 32f> US 1, 20. That radio nnd television broadcast stations play... | |
 | United States. Federal Communications Commission - 1966 - 1744 էջ
...Itself. 4 As the Supreme Court has stated, the first amendment to the Constitution of the United States ''rests on the assumption that the widest possible...sources is essential to the welfare of the public." Associate*! Pres* v. United State*, 826 US 1. 20. That radio and television broadcast stations play... | |
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That amendment rests on the assumption that the widest possible dissemination of information from diverse and antagonistic sources is essential to the welfare of the public, that a free press is a condition of free society. 
