ABSTRACT
The Great Seal of the United States overlooked churchlike pews for 150 spectators. In the first press row were perched close to a dozen chalk-dusted sketch artists, their heads bobbing up and down from pad to principal, making the only visual record for the world to see. In the "family" row, sat fifty-seven-year-old Kitsy Westmoreland, threading her gold and silver needlepoint yarn into a small evening bag. Amidst all the classical trappings of law, there was one latter-day intrusion. During the week of the opening arguments, Dave Henderson, who was doing some press relations for Westmoreland without a fee, protested to Time that their affidavit, entered in the court record by CBS, disqualified them from reporting fairly and made them a potential witness. The Westmoreland case against CBS had everything to do with how stories are crafted and very little to do with the actual Vietnam War. Its message was about modern journalism.
