More quotes from journalism

(About the vietnam hearings of 1966, yet with strange relevance today)
"His objections to such broadcasts, he told me, were partly financial... but were mainly based on his concern that too much "dove-hawk" talk unsteadied the hand of the Commander-In-Chief. I believed, for my part, that healthy debates by responsible leaders debating the war was far better than the epidemic of one-sided teach-ins and hostile demonstrations that had filled the void in the absence of national debate. In my opinion, responsible debates and the subsequent Senate hearings actually de-escalated the demonstrations and draft-card burnings that so embarrassed the Administration."
-Fred Friendly (CBS Producer)