Aug 27 Watch Debate Flares Over Ads by Political Groups To explain the ins and outs of the 527 groups that fund the Swift boat and other attack political ads, Terence Smith speaks with Aron Pilhofer, coauthor and editor of the 527 Project at the Center For Public Integrity. Continue watching
Aug 26 Polls Show Close Presidential Race Just over two months before U.S. voters choose a new president, two new national polls show a close race and an almost evenly divided electorate. Continue reading
Aug 24 Contempt Orders Dropped After Time Reporter Agrees to Testify in CIA Leak Case Time magazine reporter Matthew Cooper gave a deposition to special counsel Patrick Fitzgerald in the federal investigation into the alleged leaking of a clandestine CIA agent's name to the media, Time magazine announced Tuesday. Continue reading
Aug 19 Five Reporters Held in Contempt in Wen Ho Lee Case A federal judge held five reporters in contempt Wednesday for refusing to name confidential sources for their stories on Wen Ho Lee, the former Los Alamos Nuclear Laboratory scientist who was the prime suspect in a Chinese espionage investigation. Continue reading
Aug 19 Watch Google Trades Publicly on NASDAQ Stock Market The Internet search engine Google earned just over $100 per share as it traded publicly on the NASDAQ stock market for the first time Thursday. An Internet stock analyst discusses the highly anticipated initial public offering. Continue watching
Aug 18 Watch Media Takes Critical Look at Prewar Intelligence Coverage Two experts talk about the media's coverage of prewar intelligence and why news organizations are beginning to publicly question their own reporting. Continue watching
Aug 11 Watch Protecting Sources A federal judge held Time magazine reporter Matthew Cooper in contempt of court on Monday for refusing to testify before a grand jury investigating whether White House sources illegally revealed the identity of CIA officer Valerie Plame. Terence Smith and… Continue watching
Aug 10 Reporter Held in Contempt of Court in CIA Leaks Case A federal judge on Monday held Time magazine reporter Matthew Cooper in contempt of court with possible jail time for refusing to testify in the federal investigation into the alleged leaking of a clandestine CIA agent's name to the media. Continue reading
Aug 09 San Francisco Chronicle Reassigns Editor for Campaign Contributions The San Francisco Chronicle has reassigned its letters editor to the sports copy desk, two weeks after finding that campaign donations he made violated the paper's conflict-of-interest policy. Continue reading
Aug 03 Watch News Divisions A recent Pew Center poll of Americans' news habits shows the stark electoral split in the country has filtered into the habits of news consumers. A look at the polls' numbers and how news consumers choices differ and why they… Continue watching