Oct 19 Reporter Fired for Publicly Criticizing Plans to Air Anti-Kerry Documentary Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. fired its Washington bureau chief late Monday after the reporter publicly objected to the company's plan to air a documentary attacking Sen. John Kerry's anti-Vietnam war activities this week. Continue reading
Oct 19 Watch Yankees, Red Sox Face Off in Game Six of the ALCS Jeffrey Brown speaks with Leigh Montville, sports columnist for The Boston Globe, and NewsHour essayist Roger Rosenblatt about the storied rivalry between the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox. Continue watching
Oct 18 Peace Talks Still Suspended in Fallujah; Chief Negotiator Released The top negotiator in Fallujah peace talks with the Iraqi government said dialogue would remain suspended, despite his release Monday by U.S. authorities as an apparent bid to resume talks to end the fighting in the major insurgent stronghold. Continue reading
Oct 18 Watch Disobeying Orders Terence Smith speaks with Jeremy Hudson of the Clarion-Ledger in Jackson, Miss., the reporter who broke the story about a military unit in Iraq refusing to go on a dangerous mission. Continue watching
Oct 14 Bombs Explode in Heavily Fortified Baghdad Compound Insurgents breached Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone on Thursday and set off two hand-carried bombs in an outdoor market killing at least eight people and wounding 20. Continue reading
Oct 14 Watch Bombs Explode Inside Baghdad’s Green Zone, Killing At Least 10 A New York Times reporter joins Terence Smith from Iraq to discuss the recent bombings inside Baghdad's Green Zone. Continue watching
Oct 13 Bombs, Suicide Attack Kill Six U.S. Soldiers Six U.S. soldiers were killed in separate attacks late Tuesday and early Wednesday in Iraq, the U.S. military said. Continue reading
Oct 13 Watch Journalists Increasingly Face Dangers Reporting in Iraq Reporters face life-threatening risks covering stories in conflicted Iraq. Terence Smith talks with Brian Rooney of ABC News, Rajiv Chandrasekaran of The Washington Post and Brian Bennett of Time magazine about the dangers and challenges of reporting from Iraq. Continue watching
Oct 12 U.S. Airstrikes Target Insurgents in Iraq U.S. forces stepped up operations Tuesday across a wide swath of the Sunni insurgent strongholds northwest of Baghdad, pounding targets in two cities from the air and supporting Iraqi troops in raids on mosques suspected of harboring insurgents. Continue reading
Oct 12 Watch Sinclair Under Fire for Decision to Air Anti-Senator Kerry Film Democratic senators are campaigning for a probe into Sinclair Broadcast Group's decision to air an anti-Senator Kerry documentary weeks before the election. Vice president of the Sinclair Broadcasting Group, Inc., and a senior adviser to the Democratic National Committee, join… Continue watching