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Israeli Arabs on Gaza firing line lack shelter

A rocket exploded a few hundred yards from Mateb Abu Nasr's house, driving home the message that tens of thousands of Israeli Arabs living within range of militant attacks from Gaza are just as vulnerable as their Jewish neighbors.

"Frontline" to Get Murrow Award

The PBS show "Frontline" and two of its producers will receive Edward R. Murrow Awards for excellence in broadcast journalism, Washington State University announced Friday.

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FRONTLINE/WORLD . Pakistan - On a Razor's Edge . VOICES FROM THE WHIRLWIND: Assessing Musharraf's Predicament - "Shahzad": An Underground Militant | PBS
Source: PBS

Considering all the chaos happening in Pakistan, I thought I'd dig into the recent past and see how it was headed. Here's an interview with a Kashmiri militant in 2004 with PBS. Some interesting opinions and comments. How much is truth, how much is fiction...

Tonight on Frontline: The Released
Source: Daily Kos

From DailyKos diarist David Mizner, a diary about tonight's Frontline presentation:

Poisoned Waters -- Frontline Examines Newest Health Hazards In Nation's Contaminated Waterways
Source: PBS

More than three decades after the Clean Water Act, two iconic waterways—the great coastal estuaries Puget Sound and the Chesapeake Bay—are in perilous condition.

Frontline: Black Money
Source: PBS

As the global financial downturn continues and pressure for profits increases on corporations across the world, a small group of lawyers in the U.S.

Is Anybody Listening? ~ Video
Source: PBS

Additional footage from Frontline's "Inside the Meltdown" program.

If you haven't watched Frontline's 'The Choice 2008', you really should...preferably before Nov. 4

It's hard to have missed any facts in McCain or Obama's respective bios if you spend more than an hour a day on Newsvine, or if you watch the news networks or listen to the radio.

Bush's War
Source: PBS

One of the best and most extensive documentaries about the Iraq War. It includes interviews with Richard Armitage, Colin Powell, Paul Wolfowitz, John Ashcroft, Condoleeza Rice and many others.

FRONTLINE: Bush's War: introduction | PBS
Source: PBS

From the horror of 9/11 to the invasion of Iraq; the truth about WMD to the rise of an insurgency; the scandal of Abu Ghraib to the strategy of the surge -- for seven years, FRONTLINE has revealed the defining stories of the war on terror in meticulous detail, and the political d …

A Response to 'The Medicated Child'

I noticed that PBS is re-running an episode of FRONTLINE called The Medicated Child. I watched it the first couple of times it was run, but something tells me that I wouldn't find it any less despicable the third time around.

The Challenges of "Growing Up Online" (Review)

I tuned into the PBS documentary "Growing Up Online" last night on Frontline for two reasons. As a member of Generation X, I'm just on the outskirts of this technologically suave generation and am striving to keep up with them.

Cheney's Law
Source: PBS

"Cheney's Law" - A PBS Frontline Report On October 16th, PBS aired a Frontline Report focusing on the influence that Vice President Cheney has within the Bush Administration.

PBS Frontline: The Secret History of the Credit Card
Source: PBS

Edit: This is a couple years old, but still fascinating, and has been playing on PBS stations lately. This is the show that first introduced the concept of "universal default" to most consumers. Click through and there are video segments available for viewing.

Exposing Cheney: Review of Frontline's 'Cheney's Law'
Source: The Rake

Once whoever comes next and historians begin clearing rubble from the administration of George W. Bush and trying to explain how this disaster happened the smart ones will start by boring into Dick Cheney's bunker.

Frontline: Cheney's Law - On PBS Tonight (Oct. 16)
Source: The New York Times

Anyone inclined to believe her depiction of Dick Cheney as a heroic bureaucrat but otherwise ordinary guy will undoubtedly reconsider such assumptions after taking in "Cheney's Law," a "Frontline" documentary making its debut on PBS tonight.

[Seed] News War
Source: PBS

A documentary featuring Frontline correspondent Lowell Bergman

Religious Humor

Ever since I graduated college, I have done my best not to make jokes at the expense of people's religions, it's waaaaaay too easy, plus it's usually hurtful to the religious person (though they'd never show it) and it's also counter productive to the cause of rationality.

Frontline: Spying on the Home Front
Source: Salon.com

Tomorrow night at 9:00 p.m. Eastern, PBS's Frontline is broadcasting a new documentary entitled Spying on the Home Front, which examines the numerous ways in which the government's domestic surveillance powers have been vastly expanded since 9/11.

New docs in May on Independent Lens
Source: TV Squad

One of my favorite PBS series, Independent Lens, will be showcasing four new documentary films in May. If you're a fan of the series, here's what you can look forward to.

Global Warming: 'Frontline' examines the politics of the debate
Source: southcoasttoday.com

Kevin McDonough. Is there a debate?

PBS' 'Frontline' takes a tough look at journalism
Source: PopMatters

It's rare to find serious, in-depth reporting about journalism on television. Actually, it's pretty rare to find serious, in-depth journalism about anything on TV.

Robert Fisk talk at Frontline Club - Nov 2006
Source: Frontline

Robert Fisk gives a ten minute talk, followed by Q&A, to the Frontline Club. Where: Paddington, London (UK). When: November 2006.

Frontline details exactly how Bush administration distorted information to make the case for going to war.
Source: The New York Times

Episode of Frontline that goes beyond innuendo and conspiracy theories, and lays out how the effort to mislead the public was orchestrated.

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