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The President of the National Broadcasting Company... .Julian Goodman...said tonight in Ft Worth that Freedom of the Press is not a luxury...but the public's principal defense against centralized government power. Goodman made the remarks during a speech at the 4th ame National Abe Lincoln Awards Banquetg * the Radio-TV Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention. Goodman said the news media is the "primary means that people have of examining and analyzing government policies and action." 1 8Oc8&Oozcr~ttedzedcpxblii he said apa And if the news media did not search out answers to questions raised by government action, f...nobody