Here's a last-minute reminder of a new Frontline series focusing on media's role in the start of the war in Iraq and the recent history of American journalism.
It starts tonight... but there are also plenty of clips, links and discussion on the Frontline website, including video of William Safire on "reporter's privilege" to protect sources, New York Times Editor Bill Keller on the line between security and the public's right to know, and Google CEO Eric Schmidt on the future of news.
Feb 13 | News War: Secrets, Sources & Spin (Part I)
"Correspondent Lowell Bergman examines the relationship between the Bush administration and the press; the controversies surrounding the use of anonymous sources from Watergate to the present; and the unintended consequences of the Valerie Plame investigation -- a confusing and at times ugly affair that ultimately damaged both reporters' reputations and the legal protections they thought they enjoyed under the First Amendment."
Feb 20 | News War: Secrets, Sources & Spin (Part II)
"The series continues with a look at the legal jeopardy faced by a number of journalists. Correspondent Lowell Bergman interviews reporters facing jail for refusing to reveal their sources and asks how much the press can reveal about secret government programs in the war on terror without jeopardizing national security. Frontline examines how much of this battle is politics and whether such reporting actually harms national security."
Feb 27 | News War: What's Happening to the News (Part III)
"The third part of News War puts viewers on the front lines of an epic battle over the future of news. Correspondent Lowell Bergman talks to network executives, journalists, Wall Street analysts, bloggers, and key players at Google and Yahoo! who are all battling for survival and market dominance in a rapidly changing world of news. Frontline also goes inside the embattled newsroom of The Los Angeles Times."
Trailers and more are online at:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/newswar/preview/
Here's the network's full press release
(Many Frontline programs make their way to the series' Web archives for online viewing.)
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