NOW
A weekly show including documentary reporting, in-depth one-on-one interviews and articulate commentary from a wide variety of media-makers and those behind the headlines. The series shed light on a wide range of issues confronting the nation, including the Enron scandal, corporate tax havens, conflict in the Middle East, and the Wars on Terror and Iraq. NOW also explored American culture through interviews with major authors, religious leaders, and artists. Bill Moyers, one of America’s foremost journalists, added his voice to insightful documentary reporting, breaking news analysis, and articulate commentary. Essential viewing for the engaged citizen, NOW viewers are informed and challenged by the series, which provides insight into the important issues facing the nation and the globe. Each week, NOW provided viewers with the necessary context to explore their relationship to larger issues and to make sense out of the events shaping our time. (2002-2004)
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EDITORS' PICKS
May 23, 2003 | NOWA look at whether major media corporations have influence over government decision-making, and must the US re-engage the rest of the world for its own long-term survival?
May 30, 2003 | NOWNOW scrutinizes the apparent conflicts of interest when a former lobbyist is in charge of natural resources, and considers the long-term impact of Washington's environmental policies on the environment.
June 6, 2003 | NOWNOW examines how Israel finds billions to fund the controversial building of settlements, and the potential commercial development of a million acres of untouched land in Florida's panhandle.
June 13, 2003 | NOWDid the Bush administration distort Saddam's weapons of mass destruction to drum up support for the war? And Chilean author Isabel Allende writes about two world-changing September 11ths.
June 20, 2003 | NOWHow can the American corrections system break the cycles of addiction and incarceration? A look at the psyche of Iran, and should colleges offer race-based affirmative action?
June 27, 2003 | NOWThis episode of NOW looks at the state of the Iraq War, considers how ancient poetry transcends time, and considers what happens when companies renege on their pension agreements.
July 11, 2003 | NOWJon Stewart on his unique brand of news delivery and why his show has a unique niche in a sea of cable news and talk shows. And can judges with strong ideological convictions set aside their personal beliefs and uphold the law?
July 18, 2003 | NOWNOW examines how the tuna industry's influence on the FDA may cause mercury poisoning, discusses the health of US democracy compared to Great Britain, and looks at a model healthcare facility.
July 25, 2003 | NOWAn investigation into what Congress can do to stop big media from getting even bigger, and a look at some of the most hotly debated topics of the early 2000s, including stem cell research, gene therapy and cloning.
August 1, 2003 | NOWA look at the "military, industrial, congressional complex" — a self-perpetuating system that produces unneeded weapons and creates huge deficits.
August 22, 2003 | NOW
August 29, 2003 | NOWNOW visits India, where skilled workers are taking over technology and service positions for some of America's biggest corporations, and considers the effects of education budget cuts.
September 5, 2003 | NOWA special report examining how global corporations may be riding high by shortchanging the world's women.
September 12, 2003 | NOWNOW met with 9/11 widows demanding answers about the terrorist attacks, and heard from FEC Commissioner Scott Thomas on the pressure for Democrats to give into soft money contributions.
September 19, 2003 | NOWChristine Todd Whitman recounts the controversies that dogged her tenure as head of the EPA, and National Environmental Trust's Philip Clapp discusses the influence of the oil and nuclear industries.
