Jan 27 Watch Columnists Debate Ethics of Accepting Federal Funds to Promote Policies Kwame Holman reports on the recent incidents in which writers received federal funding for work related to the promotion of Bush administration proposals. Then, Gwen Ifill leads a discussion with two columnists and a media expert on the journalistic ethics… Continue watching
Jan 21 FCC Chairman Michael Powell Resigns By PBS News Hour Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael Powell, who oversaw the passage of controversial media ownership rules among other matters, announced Friday he will leave his post in March after holding the job for four years. Continue reading
Jan 21 Watch National Archives Exhibit Features Rarely Seen Photographs of U.S. Presidents An exhibition of rarely seen presidential photographs is on view at the National Archives in Washington, D.C. Terence Smith speaks with historian Michael Beschloss about the stories behind the photographs and how U.S. presidents have used photography to project their… Continue watching
Jan 18 Watch President Bush’s Inauguration Speech Will Set Tone of Second Term Margaret Warner talks with former presidential speech writers about the challenges of crafting a second-term inaugural speech… Continue watching
Jan 18 Watch Presidential Inaugurations Have Storied Past On the eve of President Bush's second inauguration, correspondent Terence Smith takes a historical look at presidential inaugurations. Continue watching
Jan 13 Watch Media Credibility Gap Recent high-profile media failures and blunders have tainted Americans' views of journalism. Terence Smith leads a discussion on how these scandals and lapses in journalistic judgment impact the public's perception of the news media. Continue watching
Jan 10 CBS Ousts Four Executives Over Disputed 60 Minutes Report By PBS News Hour CBS News forced three staffers to resign and fired a fourth Monday following the release of an independent review into a disputed 60 Minutes Wednesday report about President Bush's National Guard service. Continue reading
Jan 10 Watch CBS Ousts Four Executives over 60 Minutes Controversy CBS ousted four executives Monday for their roles in a 60 Minutes report about President Bush's National Guard service that relied in part on apparently forged documents. Continue watching
Jan 10 Watch CBS News Executives Ousted Over National Guard Scandal CBS ousted four executives Monday for their roles in a 60 Minutes report about President Bush's National Guard service that cited documents that later appeared to be forgeries. Two members of a panel investigating the report discuss their findings. Then,… Continue watching
Dec 16 Watch Massachusetts Judge Sues the Boston Herald for Article and a Reporter’s Remarks Terence Smith leads a debate about a Massachusetts' judge defamation and libel lawsuit against the Boston Herald and its broader implications for reporters appearing on television. Continue watching