PRESS GROUPS ASSAIL REPORT FOR UNESCO; U.S. Publishers and Editors Object to Proposals They Say Could Curb Free Flow of News
Date: 10 May 1979
By DEIRDRE CARMODY
Deirdre CARMODY
Interim report by UNESCO commission on problems relating to how nations receive and transmit news has been criticized by American Newspaper Publishers Assn and American Society of Newspaper Editors, which fear that its eventual recommendations may limit journalistic freedom rather than encourage it; both assns have written to commission head Sean MacBride to state their concern; commission's preliminary proposals include establishment of international press councils and its suggestions on how to protect journalists; other suggestions in report to which publishers and editors object listed (M)