Date: Fri, 2 Feb 1996 10:02:49 -0600 From: landay jerry m. To: Vigdor Schreibman - FINS Subject: Re: Political "Cleansing" of the Press--in Congress Vigdor: 1. As a a) writer, and b) a teacher on issues relating to mass telecommunications and society, and c) a client of FINS, I can vigorously assert that you are a bona fide journalist with reputable standing. As the editor of a web page on the same subject, having carried articles by you in that publication, I can further state that you provide an invaluable resource n o t provided by other services. Based as you are in Washington, where policies affecting this area are promulgated, your journalistic services are indispensable. 2. As stated above, you provide an invaluable informational resource n o t provided by other services. 3. Inasmuch as there is a United States of America beyond the Beltway, in which writer/researchers such as myself reside, and work, it is vital for us that entrepreneurial journalists such as yourself, operating in the finest tradition of American free enterprise, be afforded the same rights and privileges as others in our field based in Washington. 4. I am prepared to do what I can, at the highest levels I can reach, to help reverse the Gallery's decision. Cordially, Jerry M. Landay. The University of Illinois ------ Note : Jerry Landy is a former CBS correspondent and currently a scholar and teacher at the University of Illinois on the subject of media literacy. He also founded The Liberty Tree, an e-zine. It really makes me feel proud that he would write this letter.