The city council in Whitesburg, Ky., also declined to endorse an state funding application from the Appalshop community media center--but not because of any alleged anti-Americanism. (See below.)

Marketplace host David Brancaccio discusses his show's raison d'etre with the Boston Globe. (Via Romenesko.)

PBS and MTV air programs tonight on the threat of war with Iraq, Frontline's "The War Behind Closed Doors" and an MTV news special that serves as a "more elementary but also intelligent primer" for its young viewers. The New York Times reviewed both.