BoingBoing reader Kevin says,
With Rupert Murdoch fessing up on trying to influence U.S. Iraq War policy and the spectacle of the Scooter Libby trial, this PBS series on MSM under fire looks worth Tivo-ing:
In more than 80 interviews with key figures in the print, broadcast and electronic media, and with unequaled, behind-the-scenes access to some of today's most important news organizations, FRONTLINE correspondent Lowell Bergman examines the challenges facing the mainstream news media and the media's reaction in News War …
In this four-hour special, Bergman traces the recent history of American journalism, from the Nixon administration's attacks on the media to the post-Watergate popularity of the press, to new obstacles presented by the war on terror to changing economics in the media business and the Internet.
There's a pretty decent online component to the series as well, in preview mode now.
