Breaking News: The Collision of Journalism and Consumerism in a Democracy (2009) -- Media experts such as Walter Cronkite, Diane Rehm, Brent Bozell III, Martin Walker, Yevhen Fedchenko, Tetyana Ledebeva and Jeffrey Dvorkin debate whether capitalistic and governmental controls impede the development of public media within a democracy.
Using Ukraine's Orange Revolution as a launching point, media experts around the world explore how the concepts of a free press work in concert with (and in contrast to) the consumerism in modern democracies - forcing the audience, regardless of nationality, to ponder:
What is a free press? What is a democracy? And what, if anything, does one have to do with the other?
(57 minutes)
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Breaking News: The Collision of Journalism and Consumerism in a Democracy (2009) -- This feature documentary analyzes the effects that democratic and capitalistic ideologies have on the development of unrestricted media. Experts include: Walter Cronkite, Diane Rehm, Brent Bozell III, Ann Cooper, Keith Richberg, Tetyana Ledebeva, John Boland, Terry Anderson, Yevhen Fedchenko, Martin Walker, Warren Strobel and Jeffrey Dvorkin. watch
Charlie Speaks With Dan Rather Of Cbs News About Hong Kong'S Return To China After 156 Years Of British Rule. Next, Showtime Boxing Reporter Jim Gray Tells Charlie About What It Was Like To Witness Mike Tyson Bite Evander Holyfield In The Ring. Finally, Charlie Speaks With Staff Members From Time Magazine Who Just Returned From A Trip Across America. Washington Bureau Chief Michael Duffy, White House Photographer Diana Walker And Editors Walter Isaacson And Nancy Gibbs Discuss Their Journey Which Culminated In A Time Article Called, Backbone Of America. watch
