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Two images of combat surfaced in recent weeks, one recorded by the military and the other by a journalist. Do they lionize American soldiers or depict them as savages? Is documentation of war fundamentally an antiwar act? It seems the truth is in the mind of the viewer.
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Helicopters are falling in Baghdad, and making big headlines here at home. Why do chopper crashes resonate so loudly in the news? We parse the cultural significance of helicopters with reporter Mark Bowden, author of Black Hawk Down.
It’s that time of year again, when reporters pore over the president’s budget proposal, trying to make sense of it all. But
economist and media critic Dean Baker says their stories amount to a lot of gobbledygook for all but the wonkiest of readers.
*WEB EXTRA*: Listen to the former head of the Congressional Budget Office discuss what’s wrong with budget coverage.
Presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani is known as “America’s Mayor.” But reporters who covered him as Gotham’s mayor know there’s more to Rudy than one day in the rubble. Newsday’s Ellis Henican and The Village Voice’s Wayne Barrett talk about covering Giuliani.
50-year Congressional veteran John Dingell (D-MI) took over leadership of the Commerce Committee last month. He tells us he’s none too happy with the FCC’s recent performance. And he plans to tell the commissioners why in a public hearing next week.
Bob mulls over the Justice Department’s rules for investigating leaks to the media. Turns out the investigation itself is proof positive that the leak is authentic.
In the 28 years since the fall of Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge, a skeptical generation has come of age, too young to remember the horror of Pol Pot’s regime. Megan Williams reports on a new effort to help them understand those years in hell.
Highlights from Past Shows
From the seducing tribesman to controlling sheik to the bomb-wielding terrorist, Hollywood has consistently broad brushed Arabs with caricature and cliché. But can an Arab be an American film hero? Can he get the girl? Hollywood is starting to believe that he can.
The president’s plan to send more than 20 thousand additional troops to Iraq is being hotly debated on Capitol Hill. But the troops are already shipping out. Defense analyst Bill Arkin says that while the press obsesses over politics, they’re missing the facts on the ground.
On the Media is funded by The Bydale Foundation, The Ford Foundation, The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and the Overbrook Foundation.
