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Wednesday, May 2, 2012

PBS Frontline Documentaries

 

On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 12:54 PM, JP wrote:



Thanks Alan. Anybody watch  Frontline?

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Dear John,

Thanks for your email.

I don't know if anybody watches Frontline. 

But everybody should.

Whatever the topic, they do an excellent job "following the money." It may even be their prime directive.

But it's hard to follow the money: How many of us want to play "Strip Search The Body Cavities of Rich White Men?"

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Here's a compilation of Frontline documentaries that interest me.

Breaking the Banks: The System Is About to Seize Up. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/breakingthebank/view/

Brooksley Born and “The Warning” – the woman who saw the economic disaster early enough that – if listened to – the debacle could have been averted. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/warning/view/

The New Asylums. 500,000 insane Americans in prison.  http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/asylums/view/


What happens to the mentally ill when released from prison? http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/released/view/


Ten Trillion and Counting. The meaning of US debt, and how to get out of it. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/tentrillion/view/

What happens when wrongfully incarcerated are released? http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/burden/view/


From Jesus to Christ: The First Christians. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/religion/watch/

The day after King murdered, Iowa school teacher gave her third graders a lesson in discrimination. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/divided/etc/view.html

Plea Bargaining: What can go wrong? http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/plea/view/

Bad Voodoo’s War – embedded in Iraq with Natl Guard unit: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/badvoodoo/

Inside Fukushima’s Nuclear Meltdown: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/badvoodoo/

Syrian uprising from inside Syria: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/badvoodoo/

Secret war in Pakistan against al Qaeda and Taliban: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/secret-war/


New Jersey doctor seeks out the sickest and most expensive patients: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/doctor-hotspot/

Catholic clergy abuse little children in Alaska: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/the-silence/

How far would you go to prolong life? http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/facing-death/

Confessions: What happens when innocent people get convicted? http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/the-confessions/

The Macondo Spill (Focus on BP): http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/the-spill/


Death By Fire – Was Cameron Todd Willingham wrongfully executed? http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/the-spill/

The Vaccine War – Individual Freedom and The General Welfare: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/vaccines/view/

“Heat” - Melting glaciers, rising sea levels, fires, floods and droughts. On the eve of a historic election, award-winning producer and correspondent Martin Smith investigates how the world's largest corporations and governments are responding to Earth's looming environmental disaster. "I have reported on the Cold War, the breakup of the Soviet Union, the rise of Al Qaeda, and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan," says Smith. "But nothing matches climate change in scope and severity."  http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/heat/view/#ixzz1tZQhUMdO 



Pax on both houses,

Alan




































































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