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Reporters and scholars talked about media coverage of the Vietnam War twenty years after the conflict ended. Topics included historical reality and processes of fact-finding for media report…

Panelists talked about how war reporting and press relations with the military have changed since the Vietnam War, reporting rules, information gathering and relations with the military. Tho…

The Freedom Forum and the Media Studies Center hosted a Forum on Media & Military in the Vietnam War. Panelists discussed whether the media hurt or helped U.S. policy in Vietnam during the w…

Polling experts discussed the 1998 midterm election results. They were particularly interested in how the upcoming impeachment proceedings against President Clinton affected the election. Th…

Polling experts discussed shifts in public opinion during the Watergate scandal. They noted that the public initially viewed the impeachment process as mere political bickering. They said th…

At the Freedom Forum in New York City, David Rohde talked about his new book, Endgame: The Betrayal and Fall of Srebrenica: Europe’s Worst Massacre Since World War II. It chronicles the expe…

Former and present television executives met to discuss the presentation and content of local television news based on a recent survey that showed more Americans get their news information f…

At the dedication of a new building for the Freedom Forum Media Studies Center in New York, Mr. Wallace spoke about the lack of public trust in the news media. He focused on the need for a b…

Mr. Gabler, author of Winchell: Gossip, Power and the Culture of Celebrity, spoke about the life and career of radio journalist Walter Winchell.

Editor and Senior Vice President of the Los Angeles Times Shelby Coffey discussed the state of the news media and public cynicism toward the sensationalism exhibited by some in the media. He…