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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Yas FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION n Reply, Please Refer to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania tle No. . MAR 2 4 165 VSN ps AMERICAN PRIENDS SERVICE COMMITTEE F __.(AFSC) . ; On February 8, 1965, a source furnished the following information: A Saturday Opinion Forum for high school students was held on January 30, 1965, at the Friends Select School, i7th and the Parkway, Philadelphia, Pa, This forum was one of a series spcensored by the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) and the Friends Peace Committee, The topic of the Saturday Opinion Forum on January 30, 1965, was “Information Analysis: Propaganda, The Press and You." The speakers were The source further reported in part as follows: and Qe began the forum with a. debate on the topic, "Are there systematic distortio the American news coverage, and if so, why?" Cain moderated. ; . Coon cee tee after a few ant rent Oy tee stated that there are systematic, or rather systemic, distorticns of the American news; these are not an organized, concerted effort to distort the news, but rather the result of certain factors which aré taken for granted. Among these a ar ‘ eh eb eae i