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Stepping up its competition with the American all-news cable networks, BBC World News America announced Tuesdays that former ABC Nightline anchor Ted....

Read news story: KOPPEL SIGNS WITH BBC WORLD NEWS AMERICA

Former CBS News anchor Dan Rather has accused the news media of putting the quest for profits ahead of the quest for truth. In a speech to the....

Read news story: RATHER SAYS PROFITS DRIVE TV NEWS

Former White House spokesman Scott McClellan admitted Sunday that he had "unknowingly" presented "false information" to the news media about....

Read news story: MCCLELLAN ADMITS HE GAVE MEDIA FALSE INFO

In perhaps the most unqualified mea culpa by a top network news anchor following former White House press secretary Scott McClelland's claim that....

Read news story: MORE MEA CULPAS

CNN congressional correspondent Jessica Yellin appeared to be backing away from her comments Wednesday night that in the months leading up to....

Read news story: TV REPORTERS WEIGH IN ON WHAT HAPPENED

Appearing for the first time together on each of the major networks' morning programs to promote a Stand Up to Cancer telethon in September,....

Read news story: DID ANCHORS MISLEAD PUBLIC ON IRAQ

In a new book to be released Sunday, former White House spokesman Scott McClellan excoriates his former administration bosses for their handling of....

Read news story: EX-WHITE HOUSE SPOKESMAN SAYS MEDIA FELL FOR PROPAGANDA

The White House on Monday accused NBC News of "deceitful" editing of an interview with President Bush by correspondent Richard Engel. In the....

Read news story: WHITE HOUSE CONDEMNS EDITING OF BUSH INTERVIEW

Michael Moore is at work on a sequel to Fahrenheit 9/11, his hit documentary about the Iraq war, with plans to release it next spring when a new....

Read news story: MOORE MAKING FAHRENHEIT 911 SEQUEL

Venerable Hollywood actor Martin Sheen has publicly backed Barack Obama as the Democratic party's presidential nominee for the first....

Read news story: WEST WINGS SHEEN BACKS OBAMA FOR PRESIDENT

US presidential hopeful Barack Obama can add Bruce Springsteen to his list of celebrity supporters, it has emerged. The New Jersey rocker....

Read news story: BARACK OBAMA HAS BACKING OF THE BOSS FOR TOP JOB

Edward Norton is working on a documentary focusing on the presidential campaign of White House hopeful Barack Obama. Through his Class 5....

Read news story: EDWARD NORTON PREPARING OBAMA CAMPAIGN DOCUMENTARY

MSNBC confirmed Monday that has canceled conservative commentator Tucker Carlson's talk show. David Gregory, chief White House correspondent....

Read news story: NIP AND TUCKER

Def Jam legend Russell Simmons has confirmed his endorsement for US presidential hopeful Barack Obama. Hugely influential in the black....

Read news story: HIP-HOP GREAT RUSSELL SIMMONS BACKING BARACK OBAMA

Nicole Kidman is to take the lead role in a biopic of exposed CIA agent Valerie Plame, it has been confirmed. Plame's 20 years of covert CIA....

Read news story: NICOLE KIDMAN TO STAR IN DOUG LIMANS CIA MOVIE

A study conducted jointly by the Center for Public Integrity and the Fund for Independence in Journalism has concluded that the news media gave....

Read news story: MEDIA ACCUSED OF UNCRITICAL COVERAGE OF IRAQ WAR BUILDUP

Acclaimed author Harper Lee has been awarded with America's highest civilian honour by president George Bush for her contribution to....

Read news story: MOCKINGBIRD AUTHOR HONOURED

Although he continues to maintain that he had little involvement with the 60 Minutes Wednesday report on George Bush's service in the National....

Read news story: RATHER PRESSURED CBS TO AIR DISCREDITED REPORT SAYS BOOK

Chris Matthews, host of MSNBC's Hardball, charged Thursday that White House officials have frequently complained about his broadcasts to his bosses....

Read news story: HARDBALL HOST MATTHEWS CRIES FOUL

Declaring that "the unfortunate truth is that today we are losing the battle" against Internet piracy, NBC Universal CEO Jeff Zucker asked....

Read news story: NBC LOSING PIRACY WAR ZUCKER ADMITS

In filing a $70-million lawsuit against CBS on Wednesday, Dan Rather maintained that he had little to do with the report that resulted in his being....

Read news story: THREE YEARS AFTER LOSING ANCHORS SEAT RATHER SUES CBS

Conservative criticism of the Live Earth coverage on Saturday by NBC and its sibling cable networks began rising Tuesday, with many commentators....

Read news story: NBC ACCUSED OF BIAS IN LIVE EARTHGORE COVERAGE

The sudden death of former Motion Picture Association of America chief Jack Valenti in April has presented a huge marketing problem for Harmony, the....

Read news story: VALENTI DEATH CREATES MARKETING NIGHTMARE FOR PUBLISHER

Internet tech sites have weighed in on the introduction of a bill in the Canadian parliament that would impose criminal penalties on anyone....

Read news story: TECH SITES HEAP SCORN ON CANADAS CAMCORDING BILL

In what could force a reexamination of what often is regarded as an all-too-chummy relationship between the administration and the "fourth estate,"....

Read news story: NY TIMES RSVP TO WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENTS DINNER REGRETS

Jack Valenti, a Texan who was credited with giving the motion picture industry a Victorian voice and a modern outlook during his nearly 40 years as....

Read news story: JACK VALENTI DEAD AT 85

For the second time in two weeks, the recently launched Politico.com website, which has partnered with CBS News for political coverage, has....

Read news story: POLITICO FALLOUT

In an extraordinary policy shift, C-SPAN, which focuses on the activities of government, announced Wednesday that it would permit the "copying,....

Read news story: C-SPAN TO ALLOW WEB COPYING

Historian Arthur Schlesinger Jr., one of the most visible faces of American liberalism on U.S. television news programs since the late '50s, died....

Read news story: LIBERAL PUNDIT SCHLESINGER DEAD AT 89

Ken Auletta, the media critic for the New Yorker says that the White House has cut back the number of news conferences the president holds in favor....

Read news story: MEDIA CRITIC CONDEMNS WHITE HOUSE VIDEO PRESS RELEASES