Comments on: Your thoughts on Frontline’s ‘News War’

By: Mark Moulding

Mark Moulding — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 17:37:57 +0000

It was a fascinting programme - and I’m looking forward to the next instalment.

On a more technical note, I was very pleased to be able to watch the full progamme online outside the US - I did wonder whether it would be blocked like big-name shows.

Just an idea, though… during the show, there are multiple on-screen plugs for the website telling you about the extra aterial available online. It would be a nice idea if, after you’ve finished watching the final chapter, all those links came up on the webpage to give you easy access, and entice you to explore further.

By: Rick Ellis

Rick Ellis — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 05:53:01 +0000

I’ve had the chance to see most of it, and I think it does a pretty good job of telling a complex story in a fair and balanced way.

Part three (which focuses on the media) is probably the most relevant hour to the readers of Lost Remote.

By: adm

adm — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 05:49:56 +0000

The historical stuff was somewhat new to me (at that level of detail, anyway) and well presented. Earl Caldwell and James Goodale were particularly great.

Too much time on Plame (which has been done to death elsewhere, and on Frontline), not enough on how the media blew the WMD story. That, to me (a news consumer, not a news producer [usually]), is the big, big issue in media. No one’s offered a complete explanation yet. I was hoping Frontline would at least take a shot at it, but they really didn’t, beyond the usual two-sentence explanation.

By: Jason Parker

Jason Parker — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 03:11:16 +0000

I thought that it was very well done. A nice, balanced and in-depth look at the entire event, all the issues it raised and the history leading up to the confrontation. Though I followed the story originally, I acutally learned a lot that I hadn’t known previously. Well done, so far.