May 25 Watch Extended Interview: Don Hewitt After 36 years heading 60 Minutes, Don Hewitt on May 25 stepped down as the program's executive producer. In the following extended interview, Terence Smith speaks with Hewitt about the changes in broadcast news, the role of the media in… Continue watching
May 21 Watch New Details About Abu Ghraib Abuse The Washington Post today printed new photos of alleged abuse at the Abu Ghraib prison near Baghdad and posted a video of the incidents on its Web site. Terence Smith discusses the decision to publish the pictures with the Post's… Continue watching
May 14 Editor of British Newspaper Fired After Fake Abuse Photos Published Piers Morgan, editor of the London paper the Daily Mirror, was ousted Friday in the wake of the publication of pictures showing alleged abuse of Iraqi prisoners by British soldiers from the Queen's Lancashire Regiment that turned out to be… Continue reading
May 14 Watch United Nations’ List of Top Neglected News The United Nations recently released a list of the top ten news stories that are rarely reported. Terence Smith reviews the list with Shashi Tharoor, the U.N. undersecretary general for communications and public information. Continue watching
May 05 Disney Blocks Distribution of Documentary Critical of Bush Administration Walt Disney Co. has blocked its Miramax film studio from distributing a new documentary by director Michael Moore that criticizes President Bush's handling of the Sept. 11 attacks, the outspoken Oscar-winning director said Wednesday. Continue reading
May 05 Watch President Bush Interview With Al-Hurra President Bush appeared on the U.S.-sponsored Arab television channel Al-Hurra on Wednesday in an effort to assuage the clamor over published photos depicting the abuse of Iraqi prisoners by U.S. soldiers. The following is text of his interview with Al-Hurra… Continue watching
May 05 Watch Arab Reaction to Iraqi Prisoner Photos President Bush gave interviews Wednesday with Arabic-language networks in an attempt to quell the growing clamor over photos depicting U.S. soldiers abusing of Iraqi prisoners. Continue watching
May 05 Watch President on Al Arabiya In one of two interviews with Arab-language television networks, President Bush condemned the treatment of Iraqi prisoners, calling the actions "abhorrent" and saying they did not represent American values. Continue watching
Apr 30 Sinclair Stations Pull Nightline Iraq Casualties Report By Admin In response to ABC News' decision to read the names of the more than 700 servicemen and women killed in Iraq during the April 30 edition of Nightline, Sinclair Broadcast Group announced that it will not carry the special broadcast. Continue reading
Apr 30 Watch Casualties of War On a special edition of Nightline on Friday, Ted Koppel read the names of all of the U.S. troops who have died in Iraq, but viewers of seven ABC stations owned by Sinclair Broadcasting were not able to see it. Continue watching