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Frontline : News War: Secrets, Sources & Spin, Part 1 (2007)

Genres - News [TV]  |   Run Time - 57 min.  |   Countries - United States  |  
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Part 1 of 3. Lowell Bergman examines challenges facing the news media, including its relationship with the Bush administration; the use of anonymous sources; and the CIA leak case and its consequences. Included: comments from Patrick Buchanan; Mark McKinnon, a former media adviser to President George W. Bush; William Safire; and New York Times reporter James Risen, who helped break the NSA wiretapping story.