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...idealism and realism, both of which have characterized all the work he has produced; he's a Kennedy liberal with old-time values, the kind that embraces Main Street on the Fourth of July. The success of Saving Private Ryan and Band of Brothers turned him into a Tom Brokaw-like spokesperson for the Greatest Generation. When he visits Johnson Space Center in Houston or Fort Bragg in North Carolina, he is feted as if Neil Armstrong had entered the room. He's the visual David McCullough of his generation, framing the heroic tales of explorers, astronauts and soldiers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Tom Hanks Became America's Historian in Chief | 3/6/2010 | See Source »

...suggests that those "fair and balanced" ads don't fool the people actually watching the stuff. Fox isn't alone, though: the survey showed that far more viewers saw ABC, CBS, CNN, MSNBC and NBC as liberal than saw them as conservative. (See pictures of NBC's Tom Brokaw...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Polarized News? The Media's Moderate Bias | 11/4/2009 | See Source »

...Brokaw, formerly anchor and managing editor for NBC Nightly News, is now a special correspondent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Walter Cronkite, a No-Nonsense Newshound | 7/23/2009 | See Source »

...Spinning Into Butter” displays enough unintentional racism in 86 minutes to keep Al Sharpton busy for the next century. First-time director Mark Brokaw aspires to contribute to an intelligent dialogue about race, but ends up creating a misguided After School Special. Despite its pedagogical goals, the ridiculous dialogue, shallow characters, and uninteresting plot prevent the film from raising any fruitful questions.The movie is based on the acclaimed play of the same name and was written for the screen by the original playwright, Rebecca Gilman. The play was named one of the best productions of 1999 by Time...

Author: By Charleton A. Lamb, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Spinning Into Butter | 3/20/2009 | See Source »

...Read TIME's Q & A: Tom Brokaw's New Global Warming Documentary

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Major League Soccer Commissioner Don Garber | 3/19/2009 | See Source »

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