This program will analyze Presidents Johnsons relations with the press and his handling of the Presidential press conferences, release of news and use of exclusives. Several newspaper columnists have indicted through their media that the Presidents conferences are too informal and that the conferences are called too quickly. Also, there have been charges of news management besides press criticism of the Presidents handling of foreign affairs. On the program will be four newspaper representatives two will defend the Presidents press relations and two will take the negative stand in a panel moderated by Ed Bayley, editor of public affairs programming, N.E.T. The guests include Charles Bartlett, reporter and columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times Syndicate; Phil Potter, reporter for the Baltimore Sun; and Peter Lisagor, reporter for the Chicago Daily News. Running Time: 28:58 (Description adapted from documents in the NET Microfiche) At Issue consists of 69 half-hour and hour-long episodes produced in 1963-1966 by NET, which were originally shot on videotape in black and white and color.
