Jan 17 SEC Chairman Harvey L. Pitt The following is the full statement of the Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission proposing reforms for the accounting industry in effort to prevent another Enron disaster. Continue reading
Jan 16 Watch Extended Interview: Gary Thatcher The director of the Middle East Radio Network discusses strategy and content plans for broadcasts to the Arab world. The following are extended excerpts of his interview with Terence Smith. Continue watching
Jan 16 Watch Extended Interview: Christopher Ross A State Dept. special adviser and former ambassador, Christopher Ross discusses the scope of his agency's public diplomacy campaign. The following are extended excerpts of his interview with Terence Smith. Continue watching
Jan 16 Watch Mamoun Fandy on U.S. Public Outreach Efforts in the Arab World A professor of Middle East Studies at the National Defense University, Mamoun Fandy discusses how the Arab world may receive new U.S. public outreach efforts. The following are extended excerpts of his interview with Terence Smith. Continue watching
Jan 16 Watch Tom Dine Discusses U.S. Outreach Efforts to the Muslim World The president of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty discusses U.S. outreach efforts to the Muslim world and plans for a new Radio Free Afghanistan. The following are extended excerpts of his interview with Terence Smith. Continue watching
Jan 15 Watch Foreign Correspondence: David Filipov Terence Smith talks to David Filipov, Moscow correspondent for The Boston Globe, in this continuing series of conversations with American journalists reporting from overseas. Continue watching
Jan 11 Moscow Court Orders Independent Channel Closed A Russian appeals court Friday upheld a ruling to close TV6, the country's last national television station not under government control. Continue reading
Jan 09 Watch Zacarias Moussaoui: A Televised Trial? Should TV networks be allowed to broadcast the trial of alleged Sept. 11 conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui?… Continue watching
Jan 04 Jailed Writer Freed After Five Months Texas-based crime writer Vanessa Leggett was released from jail today, more than five months after she was held in contempt of court for refusing to turn over her research to a grand jury. Continue reading
Jan 01 Watch NBC and Liquor Ads After a 50-year, self-imposed ban on television ads for hard liquor, NBC has decided to begin airing limited commercials. A congressional opponent of the move and a representative of the nation's distillers debate the decision. Continue watching