Bradley Manning was found not guilty of aiding the enemy, the most serious charge against him. What kind of impact do you think this verdict will have on similar retaliatory efforts? Then, why do some scandal-plagued people try to fix their image while others just ignore it? Next, is your workplace filled with office cliques like high school? Then, the motion picture academy is choosing a new president. Who should they pick? Next, we'll take an in-depth look at the reality of assisted living facilities for seniors. Lastly, a study reveals that happiness peaks at the average ages of 23 and 69. At what age were you happiest?
Will Bradley Manning's acquittal of aiding the enemy set a precedent for other leak cases?
Bradley Manning, the 25-year-old Army private accused of leaking more than 700,000 documents to WikiLeaks, has been found not guilty of aiding the enemy, the most serious charge against him. But he has been convicted of multiple other counts.
Manning has said that the leak was meant to expose what was happening in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan to the public. His supporters label him a whistleblower. But detractors call him a traitor.
What kind of impact would the Manning verdict has on Edward Snowden, the NSA contractor who leaked classified information about the government's surveillance programs to the Guardian UK and the Washington Post? In 2011, the cyber-activist collective Anonymous launched an attack against the Department of Defense for holding Manning in prolonged solitary confinement. Should we expect similar retaliatory efforts from the group after the verdict?
Guests:
Kim Zetter, senior reporter at Wired covering cybercrime, privacy, security and civil liberties. She is currently writing a book on the Stuxnet virus.
Brian Knappenberger, director of the documentary, “We Are Legion: The Story of the Hacktivists;” he is currently working on a documentary on political activist Aaron Swartz.
Rehab or retreat: How should public figures handle sex scandals?
We've learned more today about why prominent radio personality Eddie "Piolin" Cotelo is no longer on the air. As reported by the Los Angeles Times, a colleague, Alberto "Beto" Cortez, has accused Piolin of sexual harassment and a laundry list of other offenses.
It seems Univision Communications Inc. - which broadcasts the popular Spanish-language program - did not want to go the route of rehabilitation, the favored choice of recent disgraced public figures. San Diego's Bob Filner, New York's Anthony Weiner and Eliot Spitzer are all attempting to redeem themselves with the public after sex scandals.
Is it possible? Are some crises too much for the public to forgive?
Guest:
Lisa Gritzner, President of Cerrell, a public relations firm in Los Angeles
Office cliques: Is your workplace like high school 2.0?
There are people trying to fit in, those who never will, gossiping in the halls and lonely lunch breaks. Sounds like high school right? For some, it’s just another day at the office.
This, according to a recent survey from CareerBuilder, which claims that 43 percent of workers say their offices are populated by cliques just like you’d find in a typical American high school.
The nationwide survey, put out by Harris Interactive on behalf of CareerBuilder, asserts that cliques impact office culture in various ways. 20 percent of the 3,000 private workers polled, said they’ve done something they weren’t really interested in or didn’t want to do just to fit in with co-workers. 21 percent reported having watched a TV show or movie just to talk about it at work the next day and 19 percent admitted to having made fun of someone else or pretended not to like them.
The survey is by no means serious science, but for some, office cliques can be serious business. What’s the vibe at your workplace? Are you your authentic self or do you behave differently in order to get ahead? Does the “in crowd” still rule the world? Can refusing to participate in office politics be bad for one’s career?
Guest:
David Couper, Executive Coach and Consultant on Human Resources
Who might the Academy of Motion Pictures choose as new president?
Today, the 48 members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' board of governors will vote on a new president. Current president Hawk Koch is stepping down because of term limits.
Lionsgate Motion Picture Group co-Chairman Rob Friedman and studio publicity executive Cheryl Boone Isaacs have emerged as the frontrunners. The incoming leader of the Oscars is going to have a lot to contend with, from sustaining audience interest in the yearly broadcast to increasing ethnic diversity in the organization.
Who is Rob Friedman and Cheryl Boone Isaacs? What are the challenges facing the new president?
Guest:
Nicole Sperling, film reporter, Los Angeles Times
Don’t always believe the brochure: The dark side of assisted living facilities for seniors
The sudden popularity of assisted living facilities in the U.S. left a gap in the regulation of the industry. According to the Department of Health and Human Services, there are more than 31,000 assisted living homes in the country that house nearly 750,000 people.
The federal government regulates nursing homes, but not these assisted living facilities. That’s the job of the states that often aren’t prepared to regulate such rapidly expanding industries. With more and more people choosing to live in these facilities, in “Life and Death in Assisted Living,” FRONTLINE and ProPublica looked into how much regulation there is and whether or not these homes are actually safe.
Watch Joan's Story on PBS. See more from FRONTLINE.
Emeritus Senior Living responded by saying that Frontline covered rare "isolated incidents" and presented a "skewed and misleading depiction" of Emeritus. For Emeritus's full statement, click here.
Guest:
A.C. Thompson, ProPublica reporter and co-writer of the Frontline special “Life and Death in Assisted Living,” which airs tonight on PBS
What’s your number? Research shows happiness peaks at ages 23 and 69
If you’re still a young college student then rest assured that the best years of your life are just a few more midterms away. And if you’re past the age of 25, then don’t despair because at around retirement age, things will start looking up again.
A new research study from the Centre for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics surveyed more than 23,000 people in Germany. Residents between the ages of 17 to 85 were asked how satisfied they were with their current lives and how satisfied they expected to be in five years. This study confirmed the U-shape pattern that similar studies have also discovered.
This U-shape pattern has found that across gender, income and background, people tend to be the most satisfied in their mid-20s. Then, from their mid-20s to mid-50s, life satisfaction declines and hits a low point. But after that low (mid-life crisis?), people start to become more satisfied with their lives and their satisfaction level once again peaks in their late 60s.
In this new study by researcher Dr. Hannes Schwandt, life satisfaction peaks at the average ages of 23 and 69. Schwandt determined to understand why this U-shape occurs and discovered that people become discontent mid-life because of disappointments at unfulfilled expectations. Schwandt says that young people are over-optimistic about their lives and become frustrated when reality proves to be less than ideal. However, when people get past these regrets and have lower expectations, people become more satisfied with their lives.
Does this study hold true in your experience? At what age were you the happiest and why? Is there really a mid-life slump?
Guest:
Hannes Schwandt, Ph.D., research associate at The Center for Health and Wellbeing at Princeton and author of “Unmet Aspirations as an Explanation for the Age U-shape in Human Wellbeing”