Peter Arnett

Günümüzde şöhret herşeyle eskisinden çok daha fazla iç içe. Bugünün televizyon haberleri sayesinde suçlulardan polislere, avukatlardan politikacılara herkes bir şekilde 'ünlü' oluyor. TV programlarında katiller doktorlara itiraflarını anlatıyorlar. Suç, trajedi ve kaos: bunlardan korkuyor olabiliriz ancak kimse inkar edemez ki bugünün dünyasında bu kavramlar reyting, para ve güç getiriyor.Peki toplumdaki gözü dönmüş bireyler bu '15 dakikalarını' alabilmek için ne kadar ileri gidebilirler? Ve toplum onları izlemeye ne kadar istekli? 15 Minutes bu sorulara cevap vermeye çalışıyor.15 Minutes'in merkezinde New York'ta işlenen iki cinayet var. Fakat anlatılan şey sadece bu cinayetler hakkındaki gerçeklerin değil, bu gerçekleri kontrol edenlerin kimler olduğunun da açığa çıkarılması.

"The Most Dangerous Man in America" is the story of what happens when a former Pentagon insider, armed only with his conscience, steadfast determination, and a file cabinet full of classified documents, decides to challenge an "imperial" presidency – answerable to neither Congress, the press, nor the people – in order to help end the Vietnam War.

There were two wars in Iraq--a military assault and a media war. The former was well-covered; the latter was not. Until now... Independent filmmaker, Emmy-award winningTV journalist, author and media critic, Danny Schechter turns the cameras on the role of the media. His new film, WMD, is an outspoken assessment of how Pentagon propaganda and media complicity misled the American people...

How does a nation slip into war? Dateline-Saigon profiles the controversial reporting of five Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists -The New York Times' David Halberstam, the Associated Press' Malcolm Browne, Peter Arnett, and legendary photojournalist Horst Faas, and UPI's Neil Sheehan -- during the early years of the Vietnam War as President John F. Kennedy is secretly committing US troops to what is initially dismissed by some as 'a nice little war in a land of tigers and elephants.' 'When the government is telling the truth, reporters become a relatively unimportant conduit to what is happening,' Halberstam tells us. 'But when the government doesn't tell the truth, begins to twist the truth, hide the truth, then the journalist becomes involuntarily infinitely more important.'

Stepping into the late-late slot vacated by David Letterman, Conan O'Brien stars in a show that far outdoes its competition in sheer strangeness. Along with the celebrity interviews and musical numbers typical of late-night talk shows, this program make frequent use of odd walk-on characters and frequent "visits" from celebrity guests.