Nov 01 Watch Calling the Race Terence Smith and news executives discuss the reporting difficulties of the 2000 presidential election and how election night coverage will be different this year. Continue watching
Oct 29 Watch Political Cartoons Reflect Tense Election Atmosphere Stephen Hess, professor of media and public affairs at George Washington University, looks at the presidential campaign as seen by political cartoonists. Continue watching
Oct 28 Watch Political Advertisements Change Tone As the Presidential Campaign Winds Down Dueling political advertisements are flooding the airwaves in the last few days of the presidential campaign. Two experts discuss the ongoing ad war. Continue watching
Oct 26 Experts Question Impact of Newspaper Endorsements With the election a week away, most of the nation's newspapers are carrying on the long tradition of endorsing a candidate for president. Continue reading
Oct 21 Watch Fact Checking in the 2004 Presidential Debates News outlets are conducting their own analysis to verify the accuracy of politicians' statements. Terence Smith examines the benefits and risks of fact-checking for the news consumer. Continue watching
Oct 20 Sinclair Pulls Back From Airing Anti-Kerry Film By Admin Amid growing political, legal and financial pressure, Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. late Tuesday revised its plan to broadcast a documentary critical of Sen. John Kerry's anti-Vietnam war activities. Continue reading
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 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 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
Oct 07 New York Times Reporter Held in Contempt in CIA Leaks Probe A federal judge found New York Times reporter Judith Miller in contempt Thursday for refusing to divulge confidential sources to prosecutors investigating who leaked the name of a CIA operative to several Washington, D.C. reporters. Continue reading