Interviewees discuss the Iraq War a.k.a "The War on Terror" (2001- ) and its coverage on television.
About
“I think it was a relief that these [sitcoms] were New Yorks that didn’t have 9/11. All you did at the time was watch the news, and when I put on the TV and it was Will & Grace, I thought, ‘I wonder who they knew in the towers.’ As if that was gonna come up in the show. Then I went, ‘Oh, no, this was shot before. It hasn’t happened yet. Good. I’m in a world where it hasn’t happened yet.’ And then I realized, ‘Oh wait. This is a world where it’s not ever going to happen.’ I almost started crying just from relief.” - Lisa Kudrow, Actress
Highlights
Lisa Kudrow on shooting the Halloween episode of Friends right after 9/11
50:19
Dan Rather on his second interview with Saddam Hussein
04:05
Patricia Heaton on winning an Emmy for Everybody Loves Raymond right after 9/11, on that show being like "lightning in a bottle"
01:21
Andy Cohen on announcing the death of Osama bin Laden on Watch What Happens Live
00:57
Ken Burns on The Civil War's effect on public perception of the War in Iraq
02:09
Geraldo Rivera on reporting from Iraq and Afghanistan
13:47
Who Talked about This Topic
Peter Arnett
Peter Arnett on the events leading up to his 1997 interview with Osama bin Laden
15:02
Peter Arnett on his 1997 interview with Osama bin Laden
14:19
Tom Brokaw
Tom Brokaw on being targeted with an anthrax letter in 2001
02:05
Ken Burns
Ken Burns on The Civil War's effect on public perception of the War in Iraq
02:09
Andy Cohen
Andy Cohen on announcing the death of Osama bin Laden on Watch What Happens Live
00:57
Irwin Corey with Emerson College
Irwin Corey on the then-current situation in Iraq
01:13
Jeff Fager
Jeff Fager on the Abu Ghraib story on 60 Minutes II
09:00
Jeff Fager on the controversial 2013 60 Minutes story on Benghazi
06:31
Murray Fromson
Murray Fromson on the parallels between the Iraq War and the Vietnam War
01:19
Ted Koppel
Ted Koppel on being the first Western journalist to reach Baghdad when Iraq invaded Kuwait
01:25
John Langley
John Langley on the documentary special Terrorism: Target USA
01:07
Sheila Nevins
Sheila Nevins on the HBO documentary Baghdad ER
00:06
Dan Rather
Dan Rather on his second interview with Saddam Hussein
04:05
Geraldo Rivera
Geraldo Rivera on reporting from Iraq and Afghanistan
13:47
Maria Elena Salinas
Maria Elena Salinas on covering the Iraq War from Baghdad
06:47
Max Schindler
Max Schindler on how technology has changed the news business since he began his career
01:44