FOR RELEASE NOVEMBER 28, 2001
A Brookings/Harvard Forum
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A Brookings/Harvard Forum
What does the American public think of the performance of the news media in covering the events of September 11th and their aftermath, including the anthrax scare and the war in Afghanistan?