Word: publicize
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...people who administer the Marshall Plan in Paris got a shock last week. They had hired a French public opinion expert in July to poll his country on what it thought of American aid, and last week he made his report. According to this poll, most of the French hadn't heard of the Marshall Plan, and those who had didn't particularly like...
...commented that radio has degraded our culture more than it has improved it. He attacked the major networks for trying to limit the local broadcasts of their affiliated stations, especially in the public service field...
Strong criticism of radio was voiced last night at a Law School Forum on "What Is Wrong with American Radio?" Speakers attacked the industry for its overcommercialization, the low intellectual standards of its programs, and the smallness of its public service broadcasts...
Only commentator H. V. Kaltenborn '09 expressed real satisfaction with the present state of radio in the United States. He saw the industry as steadily improving today but urged the public to organize drives as means to improving still further the programs...
Nothing is wrong with American radio, Kaltenborn insisted, that is not just as wrong with the whole country. He added that part of the public was materialistic, culturally immature, and so hungry for information that it would not wait for adequate confirmation of reports...