The Public Mind : The Truth About Lies
The public mind is often deceived by those who manipulate it, and it deceives itself, as well. This program examines how deception has influenced some of the major events of our recent past and how self-deception shapes our personal lives and the pu...
The Public Mind : Illusions of News
This program looks at the impact of the visual image on news and politics in the electing of Presidents and the governing of America. While projecting a self-serving image has long been an understandable part of American politics, the 1980s produced...
The Jayson Blair story: favoritism and plagiarism at The New York Times
African-American journalist Jayson Blair has been pilloried as the personification of affirmative action out of control. Was it race that fueled his rapid promotions at The New York Times and prompted management to essentially ignore reports of his ...
The Public Mind : Leading Questions
This program examines the power of professional pollsters to influence public opinion. Public opinion pollsters and market researchers serve virtually every facet of American culture. Nearly everyone—from the makers of cake mix to television execu...
The Public Mind : Consuming Images
This program looks at a society inundated with visual images. From billboards to bus stops, from rock videos to newsstands, mass-produced images have become the very air we breathe. What is this cultural atmosphere saying to us and about us? Why sho...
When journalism gets a black eye: scandals and the fourth estate
What are the long-term effects of journalism scandals? When the public's trust is damaged, what can the Fourth Estate do to repair it? And how is technology affecting journalism in the 21st century? To speak to those points, this ABC News program tu...
Women in sports media
Panel discussion looks at women in the sports media.Participants are : Tara Sullivan, sports reporter, the Record, Kerri Pots, Director of Communications, ESPN and Lindsay Berra, ESPN : the magazine.
WABC-TV News correspondent N.J. Burkett:
Marc Rosenweig interviews N.J. Burkett of WABC-TV News on his career as a reporter.