Tom Kent, Chairman of the Royal Commission on Newspapers, was asked if he had any indication the government would pay attention to its report and not ignore it as it did when the senate committee on the mass media presented its report in 1970.

Date: 1981-08-18
Placeline: OTTAWA, Ontario.
Source: The Canadian Press
Length: 40 seconds

Transcript Prediction: << suddenly from the time when we were asked to be commissioned as we have had every indication that the government just take the problem seriously. It is should we say deeply concerned to give very serious consideration to any recommendations that we would make we have every indication that that serious consideration will be given more than that obviously no one can say at this point that the government has to make up its mind >>

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