Jul 08 Watch How Will News of the World Scandal Affect Murdoch’s Power, Media Empire? How Will U.K. Tabloid Scandal Impact Murdoch, Media?… Continue watching
Jul 07 Watch Condolence Letter Policy Shift Opens Conversation on Military Suicides The White House announced this week that President Obama will now send condolences to families of troops who kill themselves in combat zones. Jeffrey Brown discusses the policy change and ongoing concerns over military suicides with retired Army Gen. Ronald… Continue watching
Jul 07 Watch Will News of the World’s Shuttering Change British Journalism Tactics? News Corp. announced Thursday that its tabloid, News of the World, will cease to publish after 168 years, but reports have surfaced that sister publication, The Sun, might publish a Sunday edition in its place. Margaret Warner discusses the phone-hacking… Continue watching
Jul 07 Watch Scandal Prompts Murdoch’s News of the World to Stop Its Presses Scandal Prompts Murdock's News of the World to Stop Its Presses… Continue watching
Jul 07 Watch NFL Great John Mackey’s Death Renews Focus on Brain Trauma Worries John Mackey's Death Renews Focus on NFL Brain Trauma… Continue watching
Jul 07 RIP News of the World: A Reporter’s Reflection A visitor leaves the headquarters of News International Newspapers in London. Photo by Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty Images. Once upon a time, the British news business lived on one famous London street -- Fleet Street -- stretching just a… Continue reading
Jul 07 Scandal-Plagued News of the World to Shut Down Sunday By News Desk An ad for News of The World, a newspaper published by News International Newspapers Ltd and a subsidiary of News Corp., is displayed at a store in Canvey Island, U.K., on Thursday. Photo by Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty Images. News… Continue reading
Jul 06 President Reverses Policy on Condolence Letters Soldiers in Afghanistan. Photo by Patrick Baz/AFP/Getty Images. President Obama will begin sending condolence letters to the families of service members who commit suicide in combat zones, he announced Wednesday. The decision reverses a longstanding policy… Continue reading
Jul 06 Somali Terror Suspect in U.S. Court, 9 Feared Dead in Afghanistan Plane Crash By News Desk A Somali man, Ahmed Abdulkadir Warsame, appeared in a New York City courtroom, months after he was detained in the Gulf of Aden on suspicion of involvement in terrorist activities. He faces charges of aiding al Qaida -- specifically… Continue reading
Jul 05 Watch Twin Bombings Near Baghdad Cast Doubts on Iraq’s Fragile Security In the city of Taji, some 20 miles north of Baghdad, two successive suicide bombings killed at least 37 and wounded another 50 on Tuesday. Gwen Ifill discusses the recent increase in violence and what it means for Iraqi security… Continue watching