Videos

Journalists spoke to students about ethical controversies in the news media and in “When the Media Become the Story.” Among the topics they addressed were news stories in recent weeks about…

Mr. Bianco and Mr. Brownstein spoke to students about media coverage of the California recall election. Among the issues they addressed were the impact of media characterization of candidate…

Robert Bianco of USA Today, Martha Honey of Foreign Policy in Focus, and Nina Burleigh of TomPaine.com spoke with John Milewski of the Close Up Foundation. The panelists debated media covera…

Richard Stack of American University and Robert Bianco of USA Today participated in this forum sponsored by the Close-Up Foundation. They spoke about how young people and the justice system …

Guests discussed the media coverage of the 2000 presidential election. They answered questions from the audience.

Telephone lines were opened for audience comments. Robert Bianco participated by telephone describing how the news media handled the October 3 presidential debate in Boston.

Participants discussed the lack of minority representation in network television programming. They focused on the recent fall network schedule that includes few minority main characters. The…

The Close-Up Foundation held a discussion on the legitimacy of television news magazines. Participants talked about the line between reporting and entertainment. They used the Barbara Walter…

Panelists discussed the ethics of the producers' of “60 minutes” decision to air the tape made by Mr. Kevorkian showing his fatally injecting a man who wanted to die. One panelist stated tha…