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...crucifixion of Charles Van Doren is horrible testimony to the immaturity of our culture. Having idolized a brilliant man, people now ridicule him as they discover he is not the god they pretended but very much human. Van Doren didn't glorify himself; such publicity can't be bought...
...hollow; the bank had guarded the questions all right, but had only the word of the producers that no one else had seen them. But the implications of the quiz scandals last week went far beyond the guilt or innocence of any individual show or contestant, including Charles Van Doren (who reappeared after a long, lost weekend in New England, accepted a subpoena to testify when the Washington hearings resume Nov. 2). Growing recognition of the networks' irresponsibility (notably their willingness to let packagers control much of their entertainment fare) put in question the ethics of the television industry...
...would you like to win $25,000?"), schooled him on how to perform ("Count off and mumble, suddenly open [your] eyes, give a dazzling smile and explode with the answers"), and ordered him to bow before the engaging erudition of Charlie Van Doren. Stempel walked off with a consoling $49,500 in winnings. But when he quickly blew the money, Stempel became disillusioned, started leaking stories of the fix to newspapermen...
With everyone still awaiting word from Van Doren, one subcommittee member, California Democrat John Moss, summed up the practice of the quiz show operators: "It is a perfect illustration of their lack of morality, a perfect illustration of their lack of ethics. They are perfectly willing to corrupt." It was also clear that a great many contestants, drawn from everyday America and tempted by small fortunes and big publicity, had been perfectly willing to be corrupted...
...soon after Charlie Van Doren's fabled splurge, NBC had bought out their packaging firm, Barry and Enright Productions, Inc., for $2,200,000, also gave them long-term contracts as producers at $100,000 each per year. Fortnight ago, burned by the investigation, Barry and Enright closed out the contracts for a lump settlement...