FRONTLINE "News Wars" Part 2 Starting now!

[Up2Late]

In Atlanta on PBS, that is, your time might be different, some have already seen it

(If so, What did you think of Part 2?)

"Secrets, Sources & Spin"

<http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/newswar/>

"The battle between the White House and the national media is the battle over who controls the national agenda," says commentator Patrick Buchanan. Mark McKinnon, former media adviser to President George W. Bush, agrees: "The Washington press corps for years thought that unless you talked to The New York Times and CBS, that you weren't talking to the American public. Well, that's just not the case anymore." McKinnon feels that it is a White House prerogative to choose its own communications strategy: "Presidents … ought to determine who they want to talk to and when they want to talk to them," he says. But William Safire, author and former New York Times political columnist, fears that hostilities between the administration and the press could threaten the media's ability to hold government accountable. "The great check and balance that was built into the Constitution is under challenge," he says. "You've got to have a relationship between the government and the press that's adversarial, but not an enemy."

(more at link) <http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/newswar/etc/synopsis.html>

[babydollhead]

1. clearer and clearer...we must be the media

[rodeodance]

2. I have watched the others ones---Wish ALL americans would watch!

[jannyk]

3. Snap! We were typing our reminders at the same time. nt

[Up2Late]

4. This is THE ONE that I was waiting for: "Secrets, Sources & Spin"

Definitely a MUST SEE! Great so far too!

[rodeodance]

6. 'the WH does NOT accept the fact that the press has a public interest

role"

[Up2Late]

11. Simply amazing.

I just wish more people would turn of "Survivor" and "American Idol" so they could learn this stuff too.

[rodeodance]

5. good, they are talking of WH and Bush anger for NYT disclosing the

fact that america was tracking the $ of terrorists

[rodeodance]

7. talking of Dana Priest getting the Rendition story-----boy was Bush PISSED>

[rodeodance]

8. talking of executive order and wiretapping.

[rodeodance]

9. k

[rodeodance]

10. saying NYT first had meeting with Bush-who wanted to persuade them

NOT to publish the report.

[Up2Late]

12. Basically, to the NYT that if they published the NSA Illegal Wire Tapping story that...

..."they would have Blood on their hands..."

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

13. Asshole Pat Buchanan still claiming publication of the Pentagon Papers

was treason.

[Up2Late]

14. And that NY A-hole Rep. Peter King too.

That guy never shuts up and is always carrying water for these criminals.

[Up2Late]

15. "the Government" threatened Prison over the Balco "Steroids in Baseball" case?

WTF? :wtf:

[SaneInSC]

16. Thanks for the headsup on the program airing)

Makes the blood boil..the f'ing assholes.

[Up2Late]

18. No problem, look for another one for Part 3 next week...

...Same Bat Time, Same Bat Channel...

Anyone...Anyone... (Old Batman T.V. Show reference):hide:

[Up2Late]

17. For anyone in Atlanta who just missed this, it replays at 1:00am according to Comcast's...

...digital program guide, on Cable Channel 8. It also plays on our other PBS station PBA 30 (it's 16 on Comcast Cable where I am).