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
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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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Locating the Source of the Plame Leak Woodward Says He Was Told About Plame November 16, 2005 Famed Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward testified Monday that a senior Bush administration official told him about CIA operative Valerie Plame's identity nearly a month before it was publicly exposed. Woodward Says He Was Told About Plame Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5014706/5014707" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Media Report Finds Ex-CPB Chair Violated Law November 16, 2005 The Corporation for Public Broadcasting's Inspector General has released a report that finding former CPB Chairman Kenneth Tomlinson violated federal law in his efforts to rid the public airwaves of what he called its liberal bias. Report Finds Ex-CPB Chair Violated Law Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5014688/5014689" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Media CPB Report Details Ex-Chairman's Wrongdoings November 15, 2005 A Corporation for Public Broadcasting report finds that former chief Kenneth Tomlinson violated statutory provisions and the director's ethics code. He also allegedly used "political tests" as a factor in hiring a new president. Tomlinson denounced the findings as being politically motivated. CPB Report Details Ex-Chairman's Wrongdoings Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5014066/5014067" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Locating the Source of the Plame Leak Reporter at Center of CIA Outing Leaves 'NY Times' November 10, 2005 Reporter Judith Miller retired from The New York Times on Wednesday. Miller spent 85 days in jail to protect a confidential source at the center of an probe into whether White House officials leaked the name of a CIA operative to the press to retaliate against the operative's husband, a vocal critic of the Bush Administration's Iraq war strategy. Madeleine Brand talks with NPR media correspondent David Folkenflik about why Miller's once-supportive editors at the Times began to doubt her. Reporter at Center of CIA Outing Leaves 'NY Times' Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5007252/5007253" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Media Circulation Decline Continues for Daily Newspapers November 8, 2005 Paid circulation is down for 18 of the nation's 20 largest papers, according to the latest figures. The drop is part of a decline that shows little sign of letting up. Circulation Decline Continues for Daily Newspapers Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4993873/4993874" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Media Tomlinson Resigns from CPB Board November 4, 2005 Kenneth Tomlinson resigns from the board of the Corporation of Public Broadcasting. The former CPB chairman's departure from the board comes amid an investigation of allegations that Tomlinson applied undue political pressure on public radio and television. Tomlinson Resigns from CPB Board Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4989287/4989288" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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