Dan Rather's Apology and the Saga of CBS

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When Dan Rather and CBS admitted yesterday that they had mistakenly relied on false documents in a report on President Bush's National Guard service, some pundits called it a watershed moment for the media. But if questions are being raised about what's next for Rather, what about the bigger question of what happens to real issues when the media becomes the story? With the rise of popularity in partisan magazines, blog sites and talk shows, is objectivity an old-fashioned idea? Is the US headed for the kind of partisan reporting that's popular in Europe? Guest host Sara Terry speaks with journalism scholars and media watchdogs as well as those who report the news--including a founding employee of CNN. (An extended version of this program was originally broadcast earlier today on To the Point.) Making News: Government Report Faults American Indian Prisons Today, as the Museum of the American Indian opens on the Washington Mall, the Interior Department releases a report which found grim conditions in American Indian prisons. The report documents 11 deaths in three years and hundreds of suicide attempts in overcrowded facilities. Darryl Fears has been following the story for the Washington Post.
Guest host Sara Terry is an award-winning writer and photographer, who has written for the Christian Science Monitor, New York Times, Fast Company, Rolling Stone and the Boston Globe. Her photo-documentary project, Aftermath: Bosnia's Long Road to Peace, will be published in September, 2005.

Neither Safe nor Secure: An Assessment of Indian Detention Facilities

Testimony of the Inspector General before the Senate Finance Committee

Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA)

Fears article on the plight of Indian prisoners

National Museum of the American Indian

CBS on document controversy

60 Minutes feature on George W. Bush's National Guard service

Politics Feeling Bloggers' Impact, To the Point Reporter's Notebook feature on

New York Times admission on errors in fact-checking sources

USA Today statement on Jack Kelley

Credits

Host:

Warren Olney

Producer:

Frances Anderton