Oct 08 The Doubleheader: Bewitching Ads, Perfect Games, Political Hoop Dreams By Hari Sreenivasan The sport of politics and the politics of sport is what we are all about in our Friday night check-ins with Mark Shields and David Brooks. On this webisode of The Doubleheader we start the conversation with the new advertisements… Continue reading
Oct 08 Coming Soon to PBS, the History of Art Across Time, Continents and Cultures Starting Sunday on PBS, a new 13-part educational series for high school and college students explores some of the most commonly recurring themes that come up again and again across the history (and contemporary practice) of art. Continue reading
Oct 07 Kentucky Dispatch: How Do You Know It’s Election Season? Turn On the TV Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway talks to Senate candidate Rand Paul and Sen. Mitch McConnell at the 130th annual Fancy Farm picnic in Fancy Farm, Ky. Photo by Gage Skidmore; Flickr Creative Commons LOUISVILLE, Ky. | Election Day is… Continue reading
Oct 05 Google, Apple Among Those Vying for Living Room Media Dominance The idea of merging the Web and television was so powerful in the late 90s that the U.S. government classified it as a weapon, but the promise has since suffered "years of false-starts and not-quite-there implementations." As people… Continue reading
Oct 01 Status Update: Facebook-Inspired Film ‘The Social Network’ Opens Last week, the NewsHour looked at "The Social Network", a film -- opening across the country on Friday -- about Facebook and its founder, Mark Zuckerberg. EmbedVideo(3430, 482, 304); Much has been written about how… Continue reading
Oct 01 Watch Rutgers Student’s Suicide Prompts Privacy, Cyber-Bullying Debates Ray Suarez looks at the varied reactions to the suicide of a student at Rutgers University and the legal questions it raises. Continue watching
Sep 28 Any Hour Can Be Your NewsHour: Download Our New iPhone App Thanks to all of those who waited -- and those who nudged, pushed and shoved for us to go mobile. We quietly rolled out a test version of our iPhone app a few weeks ago and more than 70,000 of… Continue reading
Sep 27 No Blaring: MacNeil on Emmy, Keeping a Reasonable Tone in Broadcast News Recently, a man stopped me as I passed him on West 43rd Street in Manhattan. He was wearing a denim work shirt with the number of the building where he worked embroidered over the pocket. He said, "I just… Continue reading
Sep 27 Watch Proposal Could Expand Government’s Web Wiretapping Efforts Potential new regulations could make it easier for federal officials to wiretap online communications, raising privacy concerns. Ray Suarez gets two views on the idea. Continue watching
Sep 24 Watch Facebook’s Zuckerberg Lands in the Spotlight Amid Movie Flak, School Donation Facebook C.E.O Gives Back to Low-Income Schools… Continue watching