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Media

CBS News Executives Fight Conclusion on Errant Report

February 16, 2005 • Three CBS news executives are refusing to resign after being implicated in a botched story on President Bush's military service record. The three were asked to leave after an investigation concluded in January.

CBS News Executives Fight Conclusion on Errant Report

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Law

Appeals Court Upholds Ruling in CIA Leak

February 15, 2005 • A lower court ruling compelling two reporters to divulge their sources in the naming of an undercover CIA agent has been upheld. A three-judge federal appeals court panel ruled that the First Amendment does not protect Time magazine's Matthew Cooper and Judith Miller of the New York Times.

Appeals Court Upholds Ruling in CIA Leak

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Media

Journalists Ordered to Testify in CIA Leak Case

February 15, 2005 • A U.S. appeals court rules that journalists Mathew Cooper of Time magazine and Judith Miller of The New York Times must testify about their confidential sources on stories that revealed a CIA officer's identity. NPR's David Folkenflik reports.

Journalists Ordered to Testify in CIA Leak Case

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Journalism and Hidden Agendas

February 14, 2005 • There have been a spat of recent revelations about commentators and reporters being paid by the government to give positive treatment to programs they were supposedly covering as journalists. And, last week it was discovered that a man using a fake name and working for a partisan interest group was given press credentials to cover the White House.

Journalism and Hidden Agendas

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Media Circus

'L.A. Times' Invites 'Whacking' by Critics

February 13, 2005 • The Los Angeles Times' invites critics of the paper to write guest columns. In the latest edition of Media Circus, David Folkenflik compares the exercise to a game of Whack-a-Mole.

Politics

Conservative Reporter Resigns Amid Controversy

February 9, 2005 • A reporter for the conservative news site TalonNews resigns. The reporter, who went by the pseudonym Jeff Gannon, drew critical attention at President Bush's Jan. 26 press conference when he referred in question to Democrats "who seem to have divorced themselves from reality" on the issue of retooling Social Security.

Conservative Reporter Resigns Amid Controversy

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Arts & Life

A&E to Offer Edited 'Sopranos' Reruns

February 1, 2005 • HBO has signed a lucrative deal with fellow cable channel A&E for sanitized versions of Sopranos reruns. The mob drama has drawn a record $2.5 million per episode in syndication.

A&E to Offer Edited 'Sopranos' Reruns

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Media

Columnist Gallagher Received Payments from Health Department

January 26, 2005 • The Washington Post reports that conservative columnist Maggie Gallagher received $21,500 under the terms of a 2002 contract that required her to act as an expert adviser to the Department of Health and Human Services on the benefits of marriage. Gallagher has appeared in the media in support of the administration's policies.

Columnist Gallagher Received Payments from Health Department

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William Safire Retires 'Times' Op-Ed Column

January 20, 2005 • William Safire has been a staple of The New York Times op-ed page since 1973. His last regular column for the Times will run on Monday, January 24. The former Nixon speechwriter has been one of the more conservative voices for the paper, but his civil libertarian streak has sometimes put him at odds with Republican talking points.

William Safire Retires 'Times' Op-Ed Column

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Opinion

Media Circus

Questions Arise on 'Post' Story of Iraqi's Anguish

January 19, 2005 • In the latest edition of Media Circus, David Folkenflik says questions have arisen about an Iraqi woman's harrowing account of jailing and torture that was reported by The Washington Post in 2003.

Media

CBS Considers Future of 'Evening News'

January 19, 2005 • CBS President Les Moonves says he's thinking outside the box on how to replace outgoing anchor Dan Rather and perhaps reinvent the network's flagship evening news program. Moonves also says he is standing by embattled news chief Andrew Heyward.

CBS Considers Future of 'Evening News'

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Media

CBS Moves Fail to Quell Critics of Bush Guard Report

January 14, 2005 • The CBS report released this week has not put an end to the questions and criticisms of the flawed story on President Bush's National Guard service and how CBS handled the firestorm caused by the story. NPR's David Folkenflik reports.

CBS Moves Fail to Quell Critics of Bush Guard Report

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Q&A: The CBS 'Memogate' Mess

January 12, 2005 • Four CBS News staffers are fired after an independent panel blasts the network for a Sept. 8 report on President Bush's Texas National Guard service. NPR media correspondent David Folkenflik analyzes the scandal -- and CBS' culpability.

Opinion

Media Circus

CBS and Those Pesky National Guard Memos

January 11, 2005 • NPR media correspondent David Folkenflik says the National Guard memo scandal has robbed CBS News of what should have been a triumphant year for its investigative journalists.

Media

Report: Rather Not Involved in Vetting Bush Story

January 11, 2005 • CBS News fires three executives and a producer over their roles in a flawed story about President Bush's National Guard service. An independent review gives a detailed look at how the story came to be broadcast on that edition of 60 Minutes Wednesday. NPR's David Folkenflik reports.

Report: Rather Not Involved in Vetting Bush Story

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