IP: BBC2 16/5/2002: "Newsnight - Dan Rather:Is truth a victim?"

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

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Date: Thu, 16 May 2002 23:27:33 +0100
To: "Dave Farber" <farber () cis upenn edu>


This interview with Dan Rather can be viewed with RealAudio streaming at
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/cta/progs/newsnight/latest.ram

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/audiovideo/programmes/newsnight/newsid_
1991000/1991885.stm
Is truth a victim? 
  
by Madeleine Holt 
BBC Newsnight Arts correspondent

One of America's foremost newscasters, Dan Rather of CBS, says the US
media has stopped asking tough questions of the Bush administration
since 11 September.

And he blames a climate of extraordinary patriotism.

In an interview with Newsnight, the CBS anchorman says that fear of
offending the politicians "keeps journalists from asking the toughest of
the tough questions" and adds: "I do not except myself from this
criticism." 

Rather's anger is also aimed at a new kind of war coverage which has
emerged since the terrorist attacks of last year.

Unprecedented access

[Military Diaries: reality tv from the front line]
 
It's been coined "Milatainment" - entertainment programmes about the
military, which include the shows Military Diaries, American Fighter
Pilot and Profiles from the Front Line.

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