[MGP-Forum Announce] Tonight: Frontline series tackles media/run-up to Iraq

[Ilona Meagher]

Hi everyone,

 

Heads-up on an important Frontline series
<http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/newswar/preview/>  beginning
tonight, tackling media and its handling of the run-up to war (oh boy):

 

    Feb 13 | News War: Secrets, Sources & Spin (Part I)

 

    Correspondent Lowell Bergman examines the relationship between the Bush
administration and the press; the controversies surrounding the use of
anonymous sources from Watergate to the present; and the unintended
consequences of the Valerie Plame investigation -- a confusing and at times
ugly affair that ultimately damaged both reporters' reputations and the
legal protections they thought they enjoyed under the First Amendment.

 

    Feb 20 | News War: Secrets, Sources & Spin (Part II)

 

    The series continues with a look at the legal jeopardy faced by a number
of journalists. Correspondent Lowell Bergman interviews reporters facing
jail for refusing to reveal their sources and asks how much the press can
reveal about secret government programs in the war on terror without
jeopardizing national security. FRONTLINE examines how much of this battle
is politics and whether such reporting actually harms national security.

 

    Feb 27 | News War: What's Happening to the News (Part III)

 

    The third part of News War puts viewers on the front lines of an epic
battle over the future of news. Correspondent Lowell Bergman talks to
network executives, journalists, Wall Street analysts, bloggers, and key
players at Google and Yahoo! who are all battling for survival and market
dominance in a rapidly changing world of news. FRONTLINE also goes inside
the embattled newsroom of The Los Angeles Times.

 

    Info on Part IV not up yet.

 

View trailers and access a solid helping of show offerings and info here
<http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/newswar/preview/> .

 

Warmest regards,

 

Ilona

 

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