Frontline documentary on US news media available online
March 24th, 2007 by Zsofia
In a four-part special series, “News War”, Frontline examines the political, cultural, legal, and economic forces challenging the American news media today. Through interviews with key figures in print, broadcast and electronic media over the past four decades, and with behind-the-scenes access to some of today’s most important news organizations, the documentary film traces the recent history of American journalism. It tries to explain media history from the Nixon administration’s attacks on the media to the post-Watergate popularity of the press, to the new challenges presented by the war on terror, and also covering other global forces now changing - and challenging - the role of the American press.
You can watch all four parts on the Frontline website.
