Mar 31 New Liberal Radio Network Debuts By PBS News Hour In a challenge to the dominance of conservative talk radio programs, Air America Radio, the new liberal talk radio network, went on the air Wednesday. Continue reading
Mar 30 U.S. Takes Responsibility for Shooting Deaths of Two Iraqi Journalists The U.S. Army accepted responsibility for the shooting deaths of an Iraqi reporter and cameraman near a roadblock in Baghdad earlier this month, but said soldiers were acting within the rules of engagement and killed the journalists by accident. Continue reading
Mar 30 Watch In Memoriam: Alistair Cooke Alistair Cooke, a broadcasting legend on both shores of the Atlantic, died of heart failure yesterday in New York City. Cooke reported his radio program "Letter from America" each week for 58 years on the BBC, and American audiences knew… Continue watching
Mar 30 Watch Public Testimony President Bush agreed Tuesday to allow national security adviser Condoleezza Rice to testify publicly before the 9/11 commission. Two members of the 9/11 commission discuss this about-face. Continue watching
Mar 30 Watch Public Testimony President Bush agreed to allow national security adviser Condoleezza Rice to testify publicly before the 9/11 commission. Margaret Warner speaks with New York Times White House correspondent David Sanger about the bipartisan pressure which led the White House to reverse… Continue watching
Mar 29 Closure of Shiite Newspaper in Baghdad Sparks Protests U.S. troops on Sunday temporarily closed a popular Baghdad newspaper after coalition authorities accused the Shiite Muslim weekly of printing lies that incited violence. Continue reading
Mar 29 Watch Fallout Four editorial page editors offer their views on former White House counterterrorism chief Richard Clarke's allegations against the Bush administration. Continue watching
Mar 19 Arab Journalists in Iraq Protest Deaths of Reporters, Lack of Security Arab journalists on Friday staged a walk out of a Baghdad press conference given by U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell to protest the deaths of two of their colleagues and the lack of security for the media. Continue reading
Mar 11 House Approves Tougher Broadcast Indecency Measures By Admin By a 391-22 vote, the House of Representatives on Thursday approved legislation significantly raising fines for the airing of television and radio broadcasts deemed indecent. Continue reading
Mar 05 Bush Campaign Ads Featuring 9/11 Come Under Fire By Admin President Bush's reelection campaign came under fire Friday, as some families of Sept. 11 victims and firefighters protested that the new TV commercials using images from the terror attacks were exploiting the tragedy for political gain. Continue reading