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Fear

Fri, 09 Apr 2010 17:28:34 -0500

We follow Max Blumenthal deep into the heart of the Tea Party movement, trying to uncover what it is, exactly, they're so afraid of and along the way discovering that this "grassroots uprising" might not be so organic. Beginning with...

War

Fri, 09 Apr 2010 17:27:49 -0500

Journalist Nir Rosen returns to Afghanistan (he was once kidnaped by the Taliban there) to unravel an unspoken angle of America's strategy for winning the war: Reconstruction. Nir follows the money, traveling first to a massive new power plant just...

Greed

Fri, 09 Apr 2010 17:24:54 -0500

We meet up with former NY Times reporter Charlie LeDuff in his hometown, Detroit MI. Charlie moved back two years ago to work for the Detroit News and, two years later, the paper's bankrupt, the metro reporting desk is empty...

Disaster

Fri, 09 Apr 2010 17:20:13 -0500

When Haiti's capital was flattened in a massive earthquake, the world's Media marshaled their forces and descended on the Disaster zone. In this episode, we hear from a host of journalists as they attempt to cover the unimaginable. Focusing on...

American Worldview

Thu, 16 Apr 2009 14:50:04 -0500

Premieres Sunday, May 3 @ 11:00 p.m. ET/PTThis episode focuses on how the United States is represented in the world's media, and how the world is (mis)represented within our own nation. The feature segment, hosted by former Al Jazeera producer...

Crossing the Line

Thu, 16 Apr 2009 14:48:37 -0500

Premieres Sunday, May 10 @ 11 p.m. ET/PTThis episode focuses on ethics in journalism. When is it "ok" (or not "ok") for reporters to cross the line, in the name of pursuing a story? When do the rules on free...

Agendas

Thu, 16 Apr 2009 14:31:21 -0500

Premieres Sunday, May 17 @ 11 p.m. ET/PTThis episode challenges the media's agendas in business and political news coverage. Gideon Yago looks at the debate over clean coal and how it has been dominated by two competing public relations campaigns...

Economics and News

Thu, 16 Apr 2009 14:14:55 -0500

Premieres Sunday, May 24 @ 11 p.m. ET/PTThis episode focuses on the state of the media in the current economy. Now that our country is in a state of crisis, can media outlets - and the news as we know...

Government and the Media

Thu, 16 Apr 2009 14:10:30 -0500

Premieres Sunday, May 31 @ 11 p.m. ET/PTThe IFC Media Project crew has been tracking the work of four journalists inside the White House press corps since President Obama's inauguration. Commentary from these journalists is weaved together to offer an...

News Fixations and Taboos

Fri, 13 Feb 2009 15:18:34 -0500

Premieres Tuesday, November 18 @ 8:00 PM ET This episode examines specific media obsessions as well as off-limit topics in news reporting. The first segment follows a media consultant who brokers the stories of abducted children to the newsmedia. The...

The Frontlines of Journalism

Thu, 12 Feb 2009 15:18:37 -0500

Premieres Tuesday, November 25 @ 8:00 PM ET This episode follows Iraqi war photo-journalist Ben Lowy as he captures the conflict, people, occupation and reconstruction of this war-torn country. The feature piece looks at how the Bush administration used propaganda...

Dumbing it Down

Wed, 11 Feb 2009 15:18:40 -0500

Premieres Tuesday, December 2 @ 8:00 PM ET This episode details a behavioral experiment conducted by a Boston neuroscientist that looks at the mental and emotional effects of pundit-driven news. The feature piece uses a story about Big Pharma as...

Unreliable Sources

Tue, 10 Feb 2009 15:18:45 -0500

Premieres Tuesday, December 9 @ 8:00 PM ET The first part of this episode critiques the press coverage of the looming economic crisis on Wall Street. The feature piece looks at how New York's three major daily papers failed to...

The Anatomy of a Story

Mon, 09 Feb 2009 15:18:50 -0500

Premieres Tuesday, December 16 @ 8:00 PM ET This episode follows a Spanish language reporter from El Diario La Prensa as she criss-crosses the country on a Greyhound bus seeking out Latino stories. The feature piece looks at how the...

The Future of News

Sun, 08 Feb 2009 15:18:53 -0500

Premieres Tuesday, December 23 @ 8:00 PM ET This episode will involve a media stunt that dares to predict a Utopian newspaper of tomorrow; we take a look at issues surrounding the news and information of the future; another installment...