Media Injury Highlights Woodruff's Role as Reporter January 30, 2006 • ABC news anchor Bob Woodruff's is recovering after he and a cameraman were injured Sunday in a roadside bombing north of Baghdad. Woodruff sought to define his role as an anchor who is also a reporter -- the kind who sometimes puts himself in harm's way. Injury Highlights Woodruff's Role as Reporter Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5179170/5179171" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Media UPN, WB to Form New Network January 25, 2006 • Struggling television networks UPN and WB are combining their assets under a new name CW, debuting in September. The new youth-oriented network will be a joint venture between CBS and Time Warner. UPN, WB to Form New Network Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5171477/5171478" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Iraq Iraq More Deadly for Journalists than Vietnam January 19, 2006 • The annual report of Reporters Without Borders finds that more journalists have been killed in Iraq since March 2003 than during the 20 years of conflict in Vietnam. Reporters have become targets in Iraq in marked contrast with reporters' experiences during the war in Vietnam. Iraq More Deadly for Journalists than Vietnam Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5163826/5163827" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Media 'Mad Money': Stocks with a Shtick January 13, 2006 • Jim Cramer says he lost his soul making tens of millions of dollars for wealthy investors in the 1980s and '90s. His penance takes the form of an adrenaline-pumping, hour-long CNBC show, five nights a week. 'Mad Money': Stocks with a Shtick Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5151653/5151977" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Media Howard Stern Debuts on Satellite Radio January 9, 2006 • The radio shock jock Howard Stern made his first appearance on a new venue Monday morning. Sirius satellite radio has given Stern the liberty to do almost anything he wants -- and the paycheck to afford pretty much anything he wants. Howard Stern Debuts on Satellite Radio Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5139561/5139562" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
Howard Stern Debuts on Satellite Radio Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5139561/5139562" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
Media Sago: The Anatomy of Reporting Gone Wrong January 4, 2006 • Numerous major news outlets reported Wednesday morning that 12 of the 13 trapped coal miners in West Virginia had beaten the odds and survived. The stories turned out to be tragically wrong. Mistaken information from seemingly authoritative sources allowed good news to outrace the truth. Sago: The Anatomy of Reporting Gone Wrong Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5126627/5126628" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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NSA Questioned on Scope of Domestic Spying Domestic Spying Leak Draws Justice Department Probe December 31, 2005 • The Justice Department has begun an investigation into the source of The New York Times report that the National Security Agency was spying on American citizens within the United States without court approval. Domestic Spying Leak Draws Justice Department Probe Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5077602/5077603" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
Domestic Spying Leak Draws Justice Department Probe Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5077602/5077603" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
NSA Questioned on Scope of Domestic Spying Justice Department Confirms Hunt for Spy-Story Source December 30, 2005 • The Justice Department confirms it is investigating the source of a New York Times' story on a National Security Agency program that includes domestic surveillance of U.S. citizens without a warrant. The story broke earlier this month after the newspaper delayed publication for more than a year. Justice Department Confirms Hunt for Spy-Story Source Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5076736/5076737" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Media Possible Knight Ridder Sale Brings Unlikely Suitors December 29, 2005 • Unhappy investors have forced the Knight Ridder newspaper company to put itself up for sale. Profits are healthy, but level. Now, the Newspaper Guild of America is exploring whether it can put together deals to purchase as many as nine of the company's newspapers. Possible Knight Ridder Sale Brings Unlikely Suitors Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5074829/5074830" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Media Behind the 'Times' Publication of U.S. Spying Story December 20, 2005 • Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) has accused The New York Times of running the story about government eavesdropping last Friday in order to influence the outcome of the Senate vote on the Patriot Act. Meanwhile, liberal bloggers are critical of the Times' decision to hold the story for more than a year. Behind the 'Times' Publication of U.S. Spying Story Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5063326/5063327" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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NSA Questioned on Scope of Domestic Spying 'Times' Held Story on U.S. Surveillance for a Year December 16, 2005 • For a year, The New York Times held Friday's report that in 2002 President Bush authorized the NSA to spy on Americans in the United States. The Times acted in response to a government request stating that publication of the information would damage national security. 'Times' Held Story on U.S. Surveillance for a Year Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5058710/5058711" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Race Papers Still Grappling with Issues of Diversity December 12, 2005 • Thirty years ago, the National Association of Black Journalists was created. Then, African Americans held few jobs in the new business. A visit to two newsrooms shows what has changed... and what hasn't. Papers Still Grappling with Issues of Diversity Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5046705/5048463" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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National CPB Faces Questions about CEO Compensation November 21, 2005 • The CPB Board is facing a new set of questions as a result of recent audits of its financial conduct. They show that the two most recent chief executives have received compensation in excess of their published annual salaries of $170,000 -- and such compensation could be illegal. CPB Faces Questions about CEO Compensation Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5021973/5021974" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Opinion Media Circus Miller Gets Distinguished Company in the Hot Seat November 17, 2005 • The old saw about journalists says they're supposed to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable. Right now, it's the news media that stands accused of being too comfortable. And media executives are the ones feeling too afflicted.
Locating the Source of the Plame Leak Woodward Apologizes for Role in CIA Leak Case November 16, 2005 • The Washington Post's Bob Woodward apologizes for not disclosing that he learned the identity of covert CIA agent Valerie Plame in June 2003. Woodward testified in the CIA leak case that someone other than Karl Rove or I. Lewis Libby told him about Joseph Wilson's wife before the other known leaks. Woodward Apologizes for Role in CIA Leak Case Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5015605/5015606" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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