TO THE BEST OF OUR KNOWLEDGE

PROMO FOR  11/15/2009          "Covering the War"
At least 120 journalists have been killed in Iraq since the war began. 
They're targets for insurgents.  But what are journalists to the U.S.
military? A Necessary evil? Or weapons of war? I'm Jim Fleming.  Next
Time on To the Best of Our Knowledge, How well have journalists covered
the war?  We'll hear from journalists embedded in Iraq.  Can journalists
accurately report on the very soldier or Marine who protects them?
That's To the Best of Our Knowledge, from PRI, Public Radio
International.

PROGRAM RUNDOWN:  "Boots on the Ground: Stories from the War in
Iraq: #4, Covering the War"


0:00 - 22:45        SEGMENT 1: (22:46)
            Mike Hoyt is Executive Editor of the Columbia Journalism
            Review.  He encouraged his staff to question embedded
            reporters about the embed system and the war. Their
            responses comprise the book "Reporting Iraq: An Oral
            History of the War by the Journalists Who Covered It." 
            Hoyt reads excerpts and discusses them with Steve
            Paulson.  Also, Brian Palmer has been a staff writer at
            Fortune magazine, Beijing bureau chief for US News and
            World Report and a correspondent for CNN. He tells Anne
            Strainchamps that none of that prepared him for Iraq
            where he was embedded with the First Battalion/Second
            Marines.  He's made a documentary film about the
            experience. It's called "Full Disclosure," and we hear
            clips.
                         
            Segment One Outcue:  "...PRI - Public Radio
            International."

22:46 - 23:15  LOCAL OPTION with music bed (:29)

23:16 - 43:41       SEGMENT 2: (20:26)
            Errol Morris made a documentary about Abu Ghraib called
            "Standard Operating Procedure."  Journalist Philip
            Gourevitch and Morris have written a companion book that
            examines what really happened at Abu Ghraib.  Gourevitch
            talks with Steve Paulson, and we hear excerpts from the
            film.  You will hear graphic descriptions of torture and
            humiliation during this piece.  Also, Lieutenant General
            Ricardo Sanchez served as Commander of Coalition Forces
            in Iraq from June 2003 to June 2004, during which period
            the scandal at Abu Ghraib took place.  Steve Paulson
            spoke with General Sanchez and asked him about Abu
            Ghraib. General Sanchez is the author of "Wiser in
            Battle: A Soldier's Story."
                         
            Segment Two Outcue:  "...PRI - Public Radio
            International."

43:42 - 44:11       LOCAL OPTION with music bed (:29)

44:12 - 53:00       SEGMENT 3: (8:48)
            Film-maker Deborah Scranton gave cameras directly to
            troops on the ground, then spent months editing the
            footage they sent her.  The result is a documentary
            called "The War Tapes."  Scranton tells Jim Fleming how
            she persuaded the military to give her permission to make
            her film, what it was like working with the soldiers, and
            how they're reacted to the finished product. 
                         
            Segment Three Outcue: PRI Audio Logo

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