FRONTLINE CLOSE Murdoch's ScandalFRONTLINE tells the story of the struggle over the future of News Corporation, Rupert Murdoch's reputation and family's fortunes.WATCH » Money, Power and Wall StreetMay 1st Money, Power and Wall StreetIn a special investigation, FRONTLINE goes inside the struggles to rescue and repair a shattered economyWATCH » The Meth EpidemicEncore PresentationMay 15th The Meth EpidemicWhy, and how, have we reached the point where the United States has 1.5 million meth users - and rising?PREVIEW » Cell Tower DeathsMay 22nd Cell Tower DeathsIn "Cell Tower Deaths," FRONTLINE and ProPublica are investigating deaths among tower climbers who have worked on the nation's cellular network.PREVIEW » Continue reading →
For those that missed Sunday night’s episode of The Simpsons, there was a brilliant “couch gag” in the opening credits: the Simpson family animated by The Ren & Stimpy Show mastermind John Kricfalusi. The bit (above) was bizarre, awkward, weird (yes that’s Homer pouring a beer directly into his cranium), and wonderful. Basically, it’s all the [...] Texas governor and presidential candidate Rick Perry is floating the idea of invading Mexico. Too late: The U.S. military is already up to epaulets there. 10.03.11 From Danger Room The United States, Australia, Canada, Japan, Morocco, New Zealand, Singapore and South Korea signed the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement on Saturday, an accord targeting intellectual property piracy. 10.03.11 From Threat Level Ten years ago this month, in a small-ish theater ... Continue reading →
The Filming of Act of Valor. Photo: Relativity Media TAMPA, Florida — Adm. William McRaven, America’s top commando officer, loves movies about his special operators. “My introduction to Special Operations Forces was the movie The Green Berets,” he tells Danger Room, referring to the classic 1968 John Wayne flick set in Vietnam. But that doesn’t mean McRaven is eager to spill the secrets of Special Operations Command to today’s filmmakers. And in the case of one controversial upcoming movie about the May 2011 Navy SEAL raid that killed Osama bin Laden, McRaven says he and his command provided no assistance whatsoever. “We don’t have a partnership” with the filmmakers, McRaven says. “I have no interaction and no one on my staff has any interaction with ... Continue reading →
BY KEACH HAGEY The Newhouse family's Advance Publications said it is scaling back print publication of the New Orleans Times-Picayune to three days a week from the current seven. It also will do the same with three daily newspapers it owns in Alabama. The 175-year-old Times-Picayune in the fall will begin printing only on Wednesday, Friday and Sunday. The same print schedule will be adopted by the three ...BY KEACH HAGEY The Newhouse family's Advance Publications said it is scaling back print publication of the New Orleans Times-Picayune to three days a week from the current seven. It also will do the same with three daily newspapers it owns in Alabama. The 175-year-old Times-Picayune in the fall will begin printing only on Wednesday, Friday and ... Continue reading →
View full sizeNoah K. Murray/The Star LedgerNew Jersey Attorney General Jeffrey Chiesa speaks in January. NEWARK — A three-month review by the state Attorney General into the New York Police Department’s controversial secret surveillance operation that targeted Muslims in New Jersey has found no wrongdoing by the NYPD. The review and its findings, which have yet to be made public, concluded there was no evidence to show the NYPD’s activities in the state violated any New Jersey civil or criminal laws, according to officials in the attorney general’s office who participated in the review. The New York Police have already been briefed on the findings, those officials said. Attorney General Jeffrey Chiesa is scheduled to meet this afternoon in Trenton with New Jersey Muslim leaders, ... Continue reading →
