Frontline To Examine 'News War'

PBS’ Frontline is putting the finishing touches on “News War,” a three-part, four-hour special that examines the “political, cultural, legal and economic forces” impacting the news media and free press. The series slated to air in January.

The “war” part may come during the third hour (Jan. 16), when Frontline takes viewers inside the L.A. Times during this summer’s “epic battle over the future of news,” pitting the paper’s reporters and editors against the corporate owners at the Tribune Co.