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Bleak dispatches from two ignored battlefields on Frontline
At the end of Inauguration Day next year, when the folks who make up the American political media finally hit the…
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Daily fantasy sports logic is even more specious under Frontline’s spotlight
On the off chance there are any Americans who somehow missed the billboards, subway turnstiles, TV commercials, banner…
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Frontline: “League Of Denial: The NFL’s Concussion Crisis”
When I was 6 years old, my best friend and I played football at recess almost every single day, on a portion of our…
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Frontline: “Egypt In Crisis”
There are some amazing scenes collected in the Frontline documentary “Egypt In Crisis,” which focuses on the aftermath…
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Frontline: “Cliffhanger”
“On the night President Barack Obama delivers his State of the Union address, FRONTLINE takes an in-depth look at the…
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Frontline: "Climate Of Doubt"
What is the role of journalism? For years, the default answer has seemed to be to present both sides of a story, and…
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Frontline: “The Choice 2012”
The majority of Americans have had zero contact with the 2012 presidential candidates, but are nonetheless tempted to…
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Frontline: “Dropout Nation”
“Dropout Nation” starts by showing Brandi Brevard, the “Campus Improvement Coordinator” at Sharpstown High School in…
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Frontline: “The Battle For Syria”
The rebellion in Syria seems to occupy a position in American discourse in which it’s primarily understood as…
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Frontline: “Alaska Gold”
It’s no secret that Alaska is a place blessed with natural resources, but as tonight’s Frontline illustrates, when the…
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Frontline: “Fast Times At West Philly High”
From To Sir With Love to that movie a couple years ago with Hillary Swank, Hollywood just can’t seem to resist a tale…
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Frontline: “Endgame: AIDS In Black America”
At first blush, the topic of AIDS in African-Americans may seem too narrow to appeal to a broad audience, but the…
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Frontline: “Dollars And Dentists”
For decades, Americans have enjoyed cracking smugly self-satisfied jokes about British teeth, those crooked,…
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Frontline: “Al Qaeda in Yemen”
As a rule, Frontline distinguishes itself through the breadth and quality, rather than the speed, of its reporting. It…
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Frontline: “Cell Tower Deaths”
Tonight’s Frontline explores the human cost of the smartphone revolution, and no, it’s not about factory workers in…
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Frontline: “Money, Power And Wall Street - Part 2”
Whether by coincidence or design, tonight’s two-hour Frontline—the second half of a four-hour special that began last…
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Frontline: “Money, Power And Wall Street”
For all the misery it’s unleashed, the financial meltdown of 2008 has had at least one teensy, weensy upside: It’s…
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Frontline: “The Real CSI”
Over the past decade or so, Headline News and CSI have transformed millions of Americans into armchair experts in…
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Frontline: “Murdoch's Scandal”
For a brief moment there last summer, Americans—or at least a small portion of them—were transfixed by the news coming…
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Frontline: “Inside Japan’s Nuclear Meltdown”
You could be forgiven for confusing “Inside Japan’s Nuclear Meltdown,” tonight’s nail-biting installment of Frontline,…