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Frontline

  • TV Series
  • 1983– 1983–
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Will Lyman and Sarah Childress in Frontline (1983)
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Investigative journalist documentaries.Investigative journalist documentaries.Investigative journalist documentaries.
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  • Stars
    • Will Lyman
    • Sarah Childress
    • Priyanka Boghani
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    • Will Lyman
    • Sarah Childress
    • Priyanka Boghani
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    • Nominated for 2 BAFTA Awards
      • 114 wins & 173 nominations total

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    Six O'clock News: This Is Barry
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    Six O'clock News: This Is Barry
    Frontline: The Reasons Behind Puerto Rico's Blackout
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    Frontline: The Reasons Behind Puerto Rico's Blackout
    Frontline: Former Acting Ice Director Reacts To Audio Of Separated Children
    Clip 1:46
    Frontline: Former Acting Ice Director Reacts To Audio Of Separated Children
    Frontline: Mccain Republican Health Care Bill
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    Frontline: Mccain Republican Health Care Bill
    Frontline: A Meeting In Trump Tower
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    Frontline: A Meeting In Trump Tower
    Frontline: Charlottesville Not Just Predictable, But Predicted
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    Frontline: Charlottesville Not Just Predictable, But Predicted
    The Vaccine War
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    The Vaccine War
    Frontline: Rohingya Survivors Speak Out About Mass Rape
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    Frontline: Rohingya Survivors Speak Out About Mass Rape
    Frontline: Inside Look: The Gang Crackdown
    Clip 1:31
    Frontline: Inside Look: The Gang Crackdown
    Frontline: Most People At This Dayton Food Pantry Work
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    Frontline: Most People At This Dayton Food Pantry Work
    Obama's Deal
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    Obama's Deal
    Storm Over Everest
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    Storm Over Everest

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    Will Lyman
    Will Lyman
    • Narratoras Narrator…
    187 episodes187 eps • 1984–2022
    Sarah Childress
    • Self - Reporteras Self - Reporter…
    124 episodes124 eps • 2012–2021
    Priyanka Boghani
    • Self - Reporteras Self - Reporter…
    65 episodes65 eps • 2016–2021
    Arun Rath
    • Self - Reporteras Self - Reporter…
    62 episodes62 eps • 2009–2017
    Judy Woodruff
    Judy Woodruff
    • Self - Hostas Self - Host…
    52 episodes52 eps • 1984–2021
    Katie Worth
    • Self - Reporteras Self - Reporter…
    43 episodes43 eps • 2017–2021
    Martin Smith
    • Self - Correspondentas Self - Correspondent…
    36 episodes36 eps • 2006–2021
    Jessica Savitch
    Jessica Savitch
    • Self - Hostas Self - Host…
    27 episodes27 eps • 1983–2020
    Jim Gilmore
    • Self - Reporteras Self - Reporter…
    22 episodes22 eps • 2008–2020
    Mike McNally
    • Self - Narratoras Self - Narrator
    19 episodes19 eps • 1992–2018
    Jeremiah Kissel
    • Selfas Self…
    17 episodes17 eps • 1998–2021
    Peter Baker
    Peter Baker
    • Self - The New York Timesas Self - The New York Times…
    14 episodes14 eps • 2008–2022
    Lowell Bergman
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    14 episodes14 eps • 2004–2018
    Dan Balz
    Dan Balz
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    13 episodes13 eps • 2008–2022
    Peter Haydu
    Peter Haydu
    • Selfas Self…
    12 episodes12 eps • 1993–2011
    Jane Mayer
    Jane Mayer
    • Self - The New Yorkeras Self - The New Yorker…
    10 episodes10 eps • 2008–2021
    Charles Linshaw
    Charles Linshaw
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    10 episodes10 eps • 2004–2013
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    Slickly made but transparently shameless propaganda
    This show came from a time when people mostly got their information from TV, there were few alternatives other than print media after all, and so on subjects the viewer wasn't familiar with, they were easily persuaded by its authoritative tone. Almost no one before the age of google had the ability to easily fact check this show, and so it carries a legacy it doesn't deserve. Now since the 2016 election its become ever more clear what it is, and I question what else I grew up watching on this show wasn't actually as portrayed.

    The show is a demonstration of the techniques of effective propaganda. Voice of god narration by an actor who sounds like some kind of government authority backed by ominous music to set the tone, and then you are fed narratives by chosen talking heads who launder lies, these are after all not the words of the producers, just third parties, its how its done on all such media. On the "Policing the police" episode a talking head states that she knows the police are biased just against black people because of all the white arrests she sees on cops, when the reality is the producer of Cops admitted on tape that their show was deliberately skewing things to show disproportionately more white arrests to be politically correct. This is easily fact checked, but its the kind of thing that never is as it fits their chosen narrative. So as politics becomes ever more radicalized, manipulative shows like this have proven they can no longer be trusted, and frankly they never should have been.
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    • Jul 15, 2020

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    • Release date
      • January 17, 1983 (United States)
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      • United States
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      • English
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