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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE yas H FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION | . Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : MAR 2 4 1865 VAN AMERICAN FRIENDS SERVICE COMMITTEE a) . __.(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 spcnsored 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 QM began the forum with a debate on the topic, "Are there systematic distortio the American news coverage, and if so, why?" Gaels moderated. . : cee eg after a few introductory remarks, stated that there are systematic, or rather systemic, distortions of the American news; these are not an organized, concerted effort to distort the news, but rather the result of certain factors wuich aré taken for granted. Among these