FRIENDLY URGES TV NEWS POOLING; Former C.B.S. Head Calls for Electronic Coverage
Date: 11 March 1971
By FRED FERRETTI
Fred FERRETTI
F W Friendly proposes creation of electronic news service, using pooled news gathering resources of TV networks, to supply networks and local stations with broad coverage of scheduled news events; holds service would free correspondents and cameramen for reptg news rather than merely covering events; says TV news now suffers from 'overexposure and underdevelopment...due to an awkward and often archaic system of news gathering which favors bulk footage and costly duplication, frequently at the expense of interpretive and investigative reporting'; says that proposed news service should be run by a consortium of networks, stations, UPI and other news agencies