Jun 21 Watch Feuding Soccer Team Roiling French Fans’ Hopes for World Cup French leaders and fans condemned their national soccer team, following players' refusal to practice on Sunday after a teammate's dismissal. Jeffrey Brown talks to Roger Bennett of ESPN.com for an update on the controversy from the World Cup in South… Continue watching
Jun 21 Watch Supreme Court Upholds Ban on ‘Material Support’ for Terror Groups The Supreme Court issued a decision Monday that a federal law barring aid to terrorist groups does not violate free speech. Jeffrey Brown talks to Marcia Coyle of the National Law Journal about the court's 6-3 ruling to uphold the… Continue watching
Jun 11 Thai Envoy on Unrest, Recovery and Censorship By Hari Sreenivasan The government of Thailand, recently in the news for political unrest and protests, has dispatched its president of the Thailand Trade Representative's Office, Kiat Sittheeamorn, as an envoy of the prime minister. He's on a mission to assure the world… Continue reading
Jun 09 On the Gulf Coast, Media Access Can Be Hard to Come By Updated 5:20pm ET BP Chief Operating Officer Doug Suttles issued this letter on media access Wednesday. In the statement, Suttles says "BP fully supports and defends all individuals rights to share their personal thoughts and experiences with journalists… Continue reading
Jun 09 Internet Anonymity Both Aid and Foil for Democracy Does the Internet facilitate a productive exchange of ideas, making people better informed and therefore better citizens? Or does the unchecked nature of what information can be shared and spread on the internet actually threaten democracy? That was… Continue reading
Jun 07 World Cup 2010: Places to Track the Action Online By Larisa Epatko The 2010 FIFA World Cup soccer tournament officially kicks off Friday when Mexico plays host country South Africa. We've compiled some of our favorite World Cup-related blogs, Web sites and resources. Continue reading
Jun 03 Pew Study: More Americans Watching, Sharing Online Video By Hari Sreenivasan Much like you’re likely about to do, more Americans are watching online video, a new survey from the Pew Internet & American Life Project has found. Kristen Purcell, associate director for research, stopped by The Rundown to discuss the… Continue reading
Jun 01 Watch Does the Internet Help or Hurt Democracy? Does the pervading presence of the Web make people better citizens or does it propagate misinformation and threaten democracy? Paul Solman has a look at the unfolding debate as staged by the University of Virginia's Miller Center for Public Affairs. Continue watching
Jun 01 Watch Cable Giant CNN Turns 30 Amid Challenges From Changing Media Landscape As innovator CNN marks 30 years on the air, Jeffrey Brown takes a look at the development of cable news and the future of the media with a reporter who covers television and a former CNN manager. Continue watching
May 31 Weekly Poem: ‘The Returning Dead’ By Tom LeGro Wyatt Prunty, who served in the Navy during Vietnam, responds to the NewsHour's broadcast of photos of American soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan. Continue reading