[Pacg] News War: PBS Frontline 3-Part Series; starting Tues, Feb 13th

[Carolina 1961]

>From Iowa Rapid Response:Please pass this on...   If the mainstream media
was doing its job, we would probably not be in a war right now.  Relevant
for media reform activists, anti-war activists, concerned citizens -
examines the current state of mainstream journalism and how we got
here.  --Trish
Nelson


FRONTLINE Schedule  http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/ CHECK LOCAL
LISTINGS »
News War: Secrets, Sources & Spin (Part
I)<http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/newswar/preview>
*Feb. 13, 2007 at 9pm
*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. (more
») <http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/newswar/preview>

News War: Secrets, Sources & Spin (Part
II)<http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/newswar/preview>
*Feb. 20, 2007 at 9pm*
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. (more
»)<http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/newswar/preview>

News War: What's Happening to the
News<http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/newswar/preview>
*Feb. 27, 2007 at 9pm
*(90 min) 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*. (more
»)<http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/newswar/preview>
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