May 15 Watch Showdown at the FCC: Media Companies Expansion The Federal Communications Commission is scheduled to vote on changes that would make it easier for large media companies to expand further. Terence Smith hosts a debate between Gene Kimmelman of the Consumers Union and B. Robert Okun, vice president… Continue watching
May 14 Second Suicide Attack in Chechnya Kills At Least 14 A second suicide attack in Chechnya killed at least 14 and wounded dozens Wednesday, two days after a truck bomb killed at least 59 people in the northern region of the troubled Russian republic. Continue reading
May 14 Watch Search for Security in Iraq As efforts to rebuild and secure postwar Iraq take shape, Elizabeth Farnsworth travels with a British patrol in the southern city of Basra and reports on the continuing struggle to return services and public order to an area torn by… Continue watching
May 13 Bombings Rock Riyadh, At Least 20 Killed Three nearly simultaneous suicide bombings hit residential housing complexes in the Saudi Arabian capital of Riyadh where many foreigners live. The bombings early Tuesday morning killed some 20 people including at least seven Americans. Continue reading
May 13 Senators Examine Media Ownership Ahead of FCC Ruling Senators on Tuesday urged the Federal Communications Commission to use caution as the agency prepared for a final vote on June 2 on whether to ease media ownership regulations. Continue reading
May 13 Death Toll in Chechnya Truck Bombing Rises A truck loaded with explosives ripped apart a government building in northern Chechnya Monday morning, killing at least 54 people and wounding dozens more according to local authorities. Continue reading
May 13 Watch Essay: Reality TV Essayist Clarence Page of The Chicago Tribune considers the television coverage of the war in Iraq. Continue watching
May 12 Truck Bomb Kills At Least 37 in Chechnya A truck loaded with explosives ripped apart a government building in northern Chechnya Monday morning, killing at least 37 people and wounding more than 190. Continue reading
May 12 Watch New York Times: Management Failure? In the wake of the New York Times' trouble with plagiarism, Terence Smith reports on how newspapers can prevent such fraud and fabrication on a grand scale. Continue watching
May 12 Watch The Return of Shiite Leader Ayatollah Muhammad Bakr al Hakim Elizabeth Farnsworth reports from Basra on the return of Shiite leader Ayatollah Muhammad Bakr al Hakim and the the effort to bring security and political stability to postwar Iraq. Continue watching