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1998
DECEMBER
December 30, 1998
In
Other News ...
A look at some major stories that may have been pushed aside
by the media's coverage of the Lewinsky matter.
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December 25, 1998
Conversation
A conversation with Indira Lakshmanan, foreign correspondent for the Boston
Globe. |
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December 23, 1998
World
Reaction
Four foreign journalists discuss how President Clinton's impeachment
played around the world. |
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December 15, 1998
Covering the Story
How are the nation's weekly news magazines covering stories
in the era of 24-hour news? |
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December 14, 1998
Impeachment
Coverage
How has the media covered the House Judiciary Committee's impeachment
hearings? |
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December 14, 1998
Public
Response
How are the American people reacting to the impeachment developments
in Washington? |
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December 14, 1998
Regional
Commentators
Media correspondent Terence Smith talks with the NewsHour's
regional commentators about how the impeachment debate is playing in their areas.
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December 4, 1998
Bad
for Business?
A report on the relationship between violent television programs
and commercial advertising. |
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December 3, 1998
Forum: To Air or Not to Air?
Did CBS' "60 Minutes" make the right decision to air the tape of a doctor-assisted suicide? CBS' Mike Wallace and Ned McGrath, spokesman for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Detroit, answer your questions. |
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NOVEMBER
November 25, 1998
Rewarding
Courage
A conversation with Latin American investigative reporter Gustavo
Gorriti. |
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November 24, 1998
Death
Watch
Did "60 Minutes" make the right decision to broadcast a tape of a
doctor-assisted suicide? |
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November 18, 1998
Leaking
the Story?
Did Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr leak parts of his investigation
to the press? |
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November 13, 1998
A
Changing Industry
The second piece of a two-part look at the changing face
of the news business. Part Two: Cable and broadcast television. |
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November 6, 1998
A
Changing Industry
The first installment of a two-part look at the changing
face of the news business. Part One: Print and Internet journalism. |
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November 3, 1998
Web Campaigns
A look at how some candidates used the Web as a campaign tool. |
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OCTOBER
October 28, 1998
Getting Personal
The New York Senate race gets rough. |
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October 27, 1998
Forum: Legal TV
How are news programs focusing on legal matters affecting the public's perception of the law? Send in your questions and comments. |
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October 22, 1998
Campaign Ads
How has the White House scandal figured in the 1998 congressional
races? |
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October 19, 1998
Barrister Babble
A look at the proliferation of television programs focusing
on the law and the
lawyers who appear on them. |
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SEPTEMBER
September 30, 1998
Lurking In the Shadows
Have journalists become too dependent on anonymous
sources? |
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September 24, 1998
View
From Indonesia
Reporter Keith Richburg describes Southeast Asia's economic
problems. |
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September 22, 1998
Going To the Tape
How well did the media handle the president's grand jury
appearance?
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September 18, 1998
Forum: Unfit to Print?
Has the media gone too far in the Monica Lewinsky case? |
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September 17, 1998
How's It Playing?
Since January, the Monica Lewinsky investigation has dominated
the American media. Terence Smith talks with four foreign journalists about
how it is playing around the globe.
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September 14, 1998
Full Disclosure
Did the media go too far by publishing the full text of
the Starr report?
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September 8, 1998
Legitimate
Story?
Was the press right to investigate Rep. Burton's extramarital affair?
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September 4, 1998
Report
From Japan
Kevin Sullivan, Northeast Asia co-bureau chief for the Washington
Post, discusses the economic crisis in Japan.
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September 3, 1998
Off
Topic?
Should the press focus on Monica Lewinsky during the Russia summit?
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September 1, 1998
Watching
the Markets
Is monitoring the stock market an unhealthy national pastime? |
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AUGUST
August 28, 1998
Diana
Remembered
A year after her death, Princess Diana remains the focus of much
media attention.
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August 24, 1998
Nothing
but the Truth?
Media correspondent Terence Smith leads a debate about the
ethics of newspaper columnists.
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August 19, 1998
Press
and the People
Polls say the public is sick of the Lewinsky story. So why
won't the press drop it?
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August 17, 1998
Unfit
to Print?
Has the press covered the Starr investigation fairly and responsibly?
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August 11, 1998
Transforming
TV
With twice the resolution of current television sets and endless possibilities,
high-definition television sets recently hit the market.
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JULY
July 1, 1998
Unfit
to Print?
A look at the media's recent ethical lapses.
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June 18, 1998
Inside
India
Phil Ponce talks with Kenneth Cooper, a reporter stationed in India
covering South Asia for The Washington Post.
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JUNE
June 1, 1998
Buying
Time
Will campaign ads determine California's Democratic primary?
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MAY
May 27, 1998
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Dateline: Moscow
A Washington Post correspondent discusses changes in Russia.
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May 14, 1998
Children's
Television
The story on the changing business of children's television.
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APRIL
April 24, 1998
Forum: Editor's Notes
Commentary, analysis, political endorsements and the NewsHour. |
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April 15, 1998
Triumphant Recoveries
The Grand Forks, N.D., Herald received the Pulitzer Prize Public Service award Tuesday for its coverage of the Red River floods that devastated the town a year ago. |
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April 14, 1998
A
Winning Biography
A conversation with Katherine Graham, author of "Personal
History" and the 1998 Pulitzer Prize-winner for biography.
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MARCH
March 9, 1998
In
Memoriam
Jim Lehrer remembers the late broadcast pioneer Fred Friendly.
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March 4, 1998
Broadcast
Pioneer
Fred Friendly, a leader in the fight for journalistic integrity,
has died.
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FEBRUARY
February 12, 1998
Russia,
Iraq, And The Economy
Margaret Warner talks with Boston Globe's correspondent
David Filipov about the balance between the U.S. and Russia regarding Iraq.
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JANUARY
January 29, 1998
Overexposure?
Has the media's coverage of the White House crisis gone too far?
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January 20, 1998
Forum: TV Jury
The debate surrounding cameras in the court room. |
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January 14, 1998
Full
Media Blitz
The NFL scores lucrative contracts to broadcast its games.
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January 13, 1998
Dateline,
Sarajevo
Phil Ponce talks with Elizabeth Neuffer, the Boston Globe's European
bureau chief who has been covering stories in Bosnia for several years. |
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MEDIA
