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Media

Koppel Resigns from ABC over 'Nightline' Battle

March 31, 2005 • Nightline anchor Ted Koppel and his longtime producer, Tom Bettag, announce their resignations from ABC News. ABC officials fought to keep Koppel, but he has resisted plans to recast the show to attract a younger and larger audience.

Koppel Resigns from ABC over 'Nightline' Battle

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Ted Koppel to Leave ABC News

March 31, 2005 • Veteran journalist Ted Koppel announced Thursday that he is leaving ABC News when his contract expires at the end of the year. The Nightline anchor has been with the network for more than 40 years.

Ted Koppel to Leave ABC News

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Video News Releases Find News Airtime

March 25, 2005 • As resources have shrunk and profit pressures increased for TV newsrooms, some have chosen to take questionable shortcuts. Among them, the unattributed use of VNRs -- video news releases. VNRs provided by federal agencies have drawn recent attention, but they're also being produced by large corporations trying to shape the news.

Video News Releases Find News Airtime

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The White House's Use of Video Releases

March 23, 2005 • Agencies under the Bush administration have long provided broadcasters with video news releases -- produced tapes that often pose as reported news stories. Some broadcasters have used them without attribution, inviting charges of government propaganda. The use of VNR's is not new, but critics say it is more extensive under the Bush administration.

The White House's Use of Video Releases

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FCC Nominee Favors Strong Anti-Indecency Fines

March 17, 2005 • President Bush nominates Kevin Martin to replace outgoing Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael Powell. Cultural conservatives and fans of media deregulation praise the choice. As acting commissioner, Martin spoke in favor of more aggressive anti-indecency fines and extending restrictions to cable and satellite broadcasting.

FCC Nominee Favors Strong Anti-Indecency Fines

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Rather Anchors Final 'Evening News'

March 9, 2005 • Wednesday night, Dan Rather appeared in his last broadcast as anchor at CBS's Evening News. Rather covered almost every major news story of the last four decades, but a botched report on President Bush's military service record cast a shadow on the last months of his tenure.

Rather Anchors Final 'Evening News'

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Media Circus

Rather Leaves, Schieffer Arrives, Heyward Talks

March 9, 2005 • Bob Schieffer is taking over for Dan Rather as anchor of the CBS Evening News, an interim move meant to take the network past damaging lapses in reporting a story about President Bush's National Guard service. NPR's David Folkenflik writes that Schieffer is well liked inside CBS and is generally considered evenhanded and sharp by outside observers.

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Dan Rather's Last Week as CBS News Anchor

March 7, 2005 • Dan Rather begins his final week as anchor of the CBS Evening News Monday evening. Rather's four decades in journalism have occasionally been marked by controversy, and a now-discredited story on President Bush's military record sped Rather's departure from the anchor chair.

Dan Rather's Last Week as CBS News Anchor

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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.

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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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