Wednesday, September 22, 2004

PBS Frontline: Video Documentaries Available Online, Pt 1

“The Alternative Fix: Americans are Spending Billions on Alternative Medical Treatments. And Major Hospitals and Medical Schools are Embracing Them. But Do They Work?” Frontline (PBS: 2003)

“Ambush in Mogadishu: The Bloody 1993 Battle That Left 18 Dead, 84 Wounded and Still Haunts the US Military.” Frontline (PBS: 1998)

“Beyond Baghdad: A Journey Across Iraq—From the Kurdish North, Through the Sunni Triangle, Into the Shite South—and a Hard Look at the Prospects for Democracy.” Frontline (PBS: 2004)

“Chasing the Sleeper Cell: They Met Bin Laden and Trained in His Camps. And Their Capture Was Hailed As A Victory in the War on Terror. But Were These Americans Really an Al Qaeda Sleeper Cell Ready to Strike?” Frontline (PBS: October 2003)

“Dangerous Prescription: More Than a Dozen Dangerous Drugs Have Been Pulled Off the Market Since 1997. Why were they approved in the first place? An investigation of America’s drug safety program.” Frontline (PBS: November 2003)

“Diet Wars.” Frontline (PBS: April 2004)

“From China With Love: Did an FBI “Asset”, and Her Affairs with Two Counterintelligence Agents, Compromise U.S. National Security? A Story of Sex, Spyning and National Security.” Frontline (PBS: January, 2004)

“The Jesus Factor: How George W. Bush’s Religious Faith Has Effected His Personal Life and Political Leadership.” Frontline (PBS: 2004)

“The Plea: Nearly 95% of All Cases Resulting in Felony Convictions Never Reach a Jury. They are Settled Through Plea Bargains In Which a Defendant Agrees To Plead Guilty In Exchange For a Reduced Sentence. But What Are the Implications of a System That Relies on Pleas to Expedite Justice?” Frontline (PBS: June, 2004)

“Son of Al-Qaeda: The Inside Story of a Young Canadian Who Grew Up With Bin Laden’s Children and Was Groomed to Be a Terrorist—But Became Instead a CIA Informant.” Frontline (PBS: 2004)

“Tax Me If You Can: Inside the Bogus Tax Shelter Business—The Companies Involved, The Schemes Concocted, and How the Ultimate Victim is the American Taxpayer.” Frontline (PBS: February 20, 2004)

“Truth, War, and Consequences: It’s the Closest Thing to a Quagmire That Americans Have Seen in Thirty Years. Why Did the U.S. Go to War in Iraq? What Went Wrong? And at What Cost?” Frontline (PBS: October 9, 2003)

“The Way the Music Died: A Look at the Troubled Music Industry and Tough New Realities Facing Aspiring Artists.” Frontline (PBS: 2004)

“Who Was Lee Harvey Oswald?: An Investigative Biography of the Man at the Center of the Political Crime of the Century.” Frontline (PBS: December, 2003)

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