Behind the Headlines

Everybody’s a media critic these days, and from the
situation in Iraq to coverage of the Anna Nicole Smith saga, there’s a lot to criticize. Add to it the profound
changes going on in business, technology, media and advertising, and you have
to wonder where the entire news industry is going.

Beginning tonight, PBS’s Frontline show begins a four-part
series of one-hour specials called News War: Secrets, Spin and the Future of
News. It’s quite a project, featuring
more than 80 interviews with key figures in print, broadcast and electronic
media who talk about the present and possible future of news.

Here are the dates/times for the shows from Kentucky Educational Television’s web site (EST):

News War:
Secrets, Sources, and Spin (Part 1)
KET2 TUE 2/13/07 9:00 pm
KET2 THU 2/15/07 2:00 am
KET2 THU 2/15/07 4:00 am
KET1 MON 2/19/07 10:00 pm

News War:
Secrets, Sources, and Spin (Part 2)
KET2 TUE 2/20/07 9:00 pm
KET2 THU 2/22/07 2:00 am
KET2 THU 2/22/07 4:00 am
KET1 MON 2/26/07 10:00 pm

News War:
What’s Happening to the News
KET2 TUE 2/27/07 9:00 pm
KET2 THU 3/1/07 2:00 am
KET1 MON 3/19/07 10:00 pm

News War: Stories from a Small Planet

KET2: TUE 3/27/07 9:00 pm
KET2: THU 3/29/07 2:00 am
KET2: THU 3/29/07 4:00 am
KET4: FRI 3/30/07  8:00 pm

If you get a chance to watch some of it, let me know what you think.

Tom Eblen
Managing Editor