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Peer reviewedSwain, Bruce M. – Newspaper Research Journal, 1980
Examines the circumstances of the 1979 "Progressive" case, in which the federal government quashed an article about hydrogen bomb production. Notes reportorial lapses that prevented a full and balanced account of the situation. (RL)
Descriptors: Censorship, Federal Regulation, Freedom of Speech, Government Role
The Office of Censorship's Attempt to Control Press Coverage of the Atomic Bomb during World War II.
Download full textWashburn, Patrick S. – 1988
The Office of Censorship's struggle to keep journalists from revealing the development of the first atomic bomb, the sites where the development was taking place, and the fact that the bomb might be available for use in the war, was desperate and in many ways heroic. Soon after it was created on December 19, 1941, the office issued a voluntary…
Descriptors: Censorship, Freedom of Information, Freedom of Speech, Government Role
