JFK said this in a Feb. 26, 1962, speech about the 20th anniversary of Voice of America, the state-owned U.S. news network.
The statement was uttered during a Feb. 26, 1962, speech Kennedy gave about the 20th anniversary of Voice of America , the state-owned U.S. news network. The presidential library's
described the speech as being about"the necessity of freedom of information and complete truthfulness of the media."In 1946 the United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution reading in part,"freedom of information is a fundamental human right, and the touchstone of all the freedoms to which the United Nations is consecrated." This is our touchstone as well. This is the code of the Voice of America. We welcome the views of others.
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