Show Summary: New York Times editor Bill Keller weighs in on "civil war" semantics. And, the subpoenas rain down on the Times' reporters.
Paper Wait
This week, NBC started referring to the violence in Iraq as “civil war.” The New York Times cautiously edged closer to that terminology. NYT executive editor Bill Keller explains the editorial and political reasons for allowing reporters and editors to call it ...
Insurgent Resurgent
Last month, Sunni-run TV channel al-Zawraa was banned by Iraqi authorities. After a few weeks, it returned to the air as an explicitly anti-Shiite pirate broadcast. McClatchy Newspapers correspondent Hannah Allam describes the civil war that’s playing out on the airwaves.
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Kill Transmission
Can a TV station be a terrorist entity? Mark Dubowitz of the Coalition Against Terrorist Media says the State Department was right to ban transmission of Al Manar, the media outlet of Lebanon-based Hezbollah. Worried about the First Amendment? You’re not the only one.
Albanian Media
Since the fall of Communism in Albania, its press has flourished. But that doesn’t mean the country’s media are truly independent. Megan Williams reports from Albania on one news show that’s bucking the trend of government control.
Tapping the Source
The Justice Department wants to see the phone records of two New York Times reporters. The paper has resisted but this week the Supreme Court refused to intervene. Lawyer Jonathan Turley says this is why we need a federal shield law, and now.
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