The Public Interest in Public Television.

Sidney S. Alexander

Expert InsightsPublished 1967

The proposal of the Carnegie Commission for Educational Television to build, with Federal support, a public broadcasting system, provides the basis of this examination of the suitability of and necessity for social scientists to deal with questions involving value judgments--an area of inquiry they have resolutely avoided. Reasonable, moral men, through rational inquiry, can agree on what is "in the public interest," but this will often challenge generally accepted values. Although the attempt to achieve excellence rather than acceptability must be made, the real question is whether Congress will, or can, continue support of an institution which does so. (Presented at a Conference on the Use and Regulation of the Radio Spectrum, held at Airlie House, Warrenton, Virginia, September 11-12, 1967.) 52 pp.

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