 Red Lion Broadcasting challenged the constitutionality of the doctrine, and the case went to the Supreme Court in 1969, with the Court ruling unanimously that the Fairness Doctrine was constitutional.In 1968, Cook signed the "Writers and Editors War Tax Protest" pledge, vowing to refuse tax payments in protest against the Vietnam War.Though both he and Gleason were widely touted as an investigative news team, both men were fired by the "World-Telegram" in 1959 after writing an issue-length expose, "The Shame of New York", for "The Nation".