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 Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4502028/4502029" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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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 Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4500660/4500661" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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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 Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4500112/4500113" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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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 Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4497925/4497926" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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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 Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4492778/4492779" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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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 Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4474460/4474461" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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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 Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4467259/4467260" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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Media 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 Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4459615/4459616" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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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' Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4458858/4458859" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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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 Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4285596/4285597" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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Media 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 Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4277948/4277949" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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