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FRONTLINE: Bush’s War
Posted by MediaChannel on 21 Mar 2008 | Tagged as: VIDEO, PBS, Iraq War
On March 24 & 25, FRONTLINE presents a definitive documentary analysis of “Bush’s War.” From the horror of 9/11 to the invasion of Iraq; the truth about WMD to the rise of an insurgency; the scandal of Abu Ghraib to the strategy of the surge. For further information visist: PBS.org
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FCC Has Chilling Effect on Shows
Posted by TV Week on 05 Mar 2008 | Tagged as: News, Media Freedom, PBS, Indecency, ABC
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By Ira Teinowitz, TV Week By Punishing On-Air Indecency, Agency Affects What Airs |
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MediaShift Launches Idea Lab Group Blog
Posted by MediaShift on 18 Oct 2007 | Tagged as: News, Blogs, Journalism, New Media, PBS
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By Mark Glaser, MediaShift MediaShift Idea Lab is a group blog by innovators who are reinventing community news for the Digital Age. |
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Online Democratic ‘Mashup’ Draws 1 Million
Posted by AP on 24 Sep 2007 | Tagged as: News, Media Freedom, Journalism, New Media, Middle East, PBS, Iraq War, 08 Election, yahoo
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By AP An experimental forum allows viewers to build their own presidential debate by selecting clips of candidates — questioned, in some cases, by comic Bill Maher. |
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A Ken Burns Guilt Trip At PBS?
Posted by AP on 27 Aug 2007 | Tagged as: News, PBS, Television, Cable, Latin America, Mexico
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By David Bauder, AP Call it a guilt trip or a cultural awakening, but some Latino filmmakers feel that the controversy over Ken Burns’ World War II documentary has unexpectedly opened doors for their work at PBS. |
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PBS conflicted over adult language in Ken Burns’ ‘War’
Posted by San Francisco Chronicle on 27 Aug 2007 | Tagged as: News, Free Speech, PBS
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By Joe Garofoli, SF Chronicle Some PBS member stations, including San Francisco’s KQED, are scared to air Burns’ original version in prime time because it contains four words: two are f-; one is s-; and the fourth is -hole. |
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Bill Moyers Journal | The Rove Legacy
Posted by MediaChannel on 17 Aug 2007 | Tagged as: VIDEO, Politics, PBS, Karl Rove
Bill Moyers recaps the news coverage of Karl Rove’s resignation and reflects on his legacy.
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Journalism’s New Economics
Posted by The Denver Post on 16 Aug 2007 | Tagged as: News, Ownership, Free Speech, Economics, New York Times, Media Freedom, Journalism, New Media, PBS, Rupert Murdoch, Newspapers, Wall Street Journal, BBC, MSNBC
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By Julian Friedland, Denver Post The NY Times reduced the width of its pages by an inch and a half - joining a trend that has reduced both the space devoted to news and commentary and the staff sizes of many newspapers. |
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House Protects Public Broadcasting
Posted by AP on 19 Jul 2007 | Tagged as: News, Bush, Politics, PBS, Television, Radio, US Congress, Satellite Radio, Satellite TV
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AP The House on Wednesday evening overwhelmingly rejected President Bush’s plan to eliminate the $420 million federal subsidy for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. |
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PBS: Moyers on Murdoch
Posted by MediaChannel on 29 Jun 2007 | Tagged as: Bias, Ownership, News Corp, VIDEO, Journalism, PBS, Rupert Murdoch, Wall Street Journal
PBS’s ‘Expose’ Is To Appear Online Before Being Broadcast
Posted by NY Times on 20 Jun 2007 | Tagged as: News, Environment, New York Times, Action, Journalism, PBS, Cable
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By Elizabeth Jensen, NY Times “Expose: America’s Investigative Reports” returns this weekend for its second season on PBS. Now, viewers who can’t wait until the broadcast premiere on Friday night can watch each new episode beforehand in streaming Internet video. |
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Internet, Cable Fail To Increase Knowledge Of Current Affairs
Posted by AP on 12 Jun 2007 | Tagged as: News, Cheney, Journalism, PBS, Telecommunications, Cable, Bill O'Reilly
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By AP Americans’ knowledge of national and international affairs has changed little in two decades despite the emergence of 24-hour cable news and the Internet as major news sources. |
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Pols Threaten PBS’ Independence
Posted by Chicago Sun-Times on 11 Jun 2007 | Tagged as: News, USDemocrats, PBS, Race in Media
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By Carol Marin, Chicago Sun-Times PBS, home of Big Bird, the Lehrer “Newshour” and “Frontline,” is in trouble. And that trouble is that it is perilously close to losing its journalistic integrity and artistic independence to Congress, both the right and left wings, each trying to use it as their own political power tool. |
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Viewers Get Whitewashed Version Of History
Posted by Toronto Star on 11 Jun 2007 | Tagged as: News, Journalism, Middle East, PBS, Television, Iraq War, Radio, France
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By Antonia Zerbisias, Toronto Star Unless the feature-length “director’s cut” of a production on the Middle East gets distribution, Canadians will not get to view what the rest of the world, including Israel, has. |
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Stars Shine Light On Media Literacy Efforts
Posted by TV Week on 07 Jun 2007 | Tagged as: News, AOLTimeWarner, Action, PBS, Television, Activism, Education
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By Ira Teinowitz, TV Week Worried about congressional calls for legislation and regulation, Hollywood’s creative community is rolling stars out to Washington to deliver a message about boosting media literacy efforts. |
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