All this makes a compelling hour of television — an informed examination of a complex problem and a complex culture, and one that delves deep into a world that most Americans know little about.
Brock James was sent to the sin-bin and a debatable penalty try awarded by the referee, Nigel Owens, after lengthy examination of television replays.
Subsequent examination of television replays indicated that the ball had been touched by Australia's Nick Phipps before it reached Welsh, sparking anger in the BBC Radio 5 Live commentary box, where the former Scotland captain Gavin Hastings labelled the South African official a "disgrace" for not consulting the television match official and running from the field at the end.
Similarly, the second episode's long examination of television military analysts, titled "How to Sell a War," does not include the perspective of the networks that hired the analysts and allowed them to espouse the government's talking points without any disclosures about their ties to the Pentagon or to defense contractors.
This framework was expanded iteratively by the first author as part of a process of reviewing the coverage and noting important concepts that emerged, while excluding elements of the existing coding schema that were irrelevant to the examination of television and newspaper items – for example, aspects of interactivity.
Cronkite hardly needs the image burnishing, and it muddies what could have been a much better examination of how television (including ABC and NBC, which go almost unmentioned, next to Cronkite's CBS) handled the biggest news story the young medium had ever seen.
The Times has published 19 examinations of political television ads since Labor Day, most of which have included a factual assessment of the messages.
It's the most trenchant, brave and brutal examination of power on television.
The survey included data on socio-demographic and behavioural factors including television viewing and a clinical dental examination.
Even for those of us who were glued to the television during the case, this re-examination with more than two decades of hindsight and perspective is absolutely vital.
