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Mar 25, 2015 pbs frontline aired an updated version of their 2010 documentary the vaccine war last night, during which doctors, nurses, public health experts, bloggers and others discussed the show on twitter. Though fraudulent practices at banks contributed to americas financial meltdown, to date no wall street titan has faced criminal prosecution for fraud. Frontline has the following guidelines for commentary. I worked for pbs frontline on seven documentaries, including the emmy award winning madoff affair and inside japans nuclear meltdown. Abcs big sky returns, frontlines american insurrection. As former wall street analyst yves smith wrote in her book. Sundance institute documentary film program with support from sandbox films, satomi okazaki and shirish altekar, nancy blachman, the new york state council on. Additional funding is provided by the abrams foundation, the park foundation, and the frontline journalism fund with major support from jon and jo ann hagler on behalf of the jon l. Drawing on interviews with hospital administrators and staff, tribal police officers.
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The untouchables is an autobiographical memoir by eliot ness cowritten with oscar fraley, published in 1957. For the women who pick and process the food we eat every day, getting sexually assaulted, and even raped, is sometimes part of the job. Martin smith, producer of the new pbs frontline episode, the untouchables, joined huffpost live tuesday to discuss his investigation into the lack of prosecutions of wall street executives in the wake of the mortgagebacked securities fueled financial crisis. Smith has produced dozens of nationally broadcast documentaries for cbs news, abc news and pbs frontline.
Through interviews with top prosecutors, government officials and industry whistleblowers, frontline producer and correspondent. The investigation focuses on why wall streets leaders have escaped prosecution for any fraud related to. Our public was seeing the recession in 2008, yet this documentary uncovers the initial bad practices of money manipulators and what led up to it. Straightforward and crisp, the untouchables is a classically structured. More than four years since the financial crisis, not one senior wall. Originally conducted in the days following the assassination of reverend dr. Analysis of the documentary the untouchables 847 words 4 pages.
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And how did immigration policy in america reach this point. Children at the border examines immigration policy under both the trump and obama administrations, investigates the origins of zero tolerance, and reveals the. The book deals with the experiences of eliot ness, a federal agent in the bureau of prohibition, as he fights crime in chicago in the late 1920s and early 1930s with the help of a special team of agents handpicked for their incorruptibility, nicknamed the untouchables. The untouchables watch s20 e4 frontline pbs official site. Pbs frontline documentary the untouchables the pbs frontline documentary, the untouchables produced by martin smith details how those responsible for the 2008 financial crisis, caused by the failing of multiple mortgage backed securities that were fraudulently cobbled together with very lax oversight, were never. Funding for frontline is provided through the support of pbs viewers and by the corporation for public broadcasting. Money, power and wall streetare the ceos of mega banks too big to jail. Aaron ernst chief creative officer cco lit videobooks linkedin. Commenting on clips from the episode showing former home loan underwriters explaining how they would laugh as they pushed through mortgages that were too expensive for the borrowers, smith said this. Department of justice doj has failed to act on credible evidence that wall street knowingly packaged and sold toxic mortgage loans to investors, loans that brought the u. Frontline is always topnotch in its investigations. Frontline pbs documentary on the real csi essay 1085 words. This particular program was televised january 22, 20. The above comes from the introduction of this revealing documentary by the public affairs television series frontline.
As china has risen in prosperity, influence and military strength, what are the social, economic and political forces at play. This seasons four new episodes profile science fiction, crime dramas, local kids. Biden, a twohour documentary telling the story of a deeply divided nation though the lives of the two men who want to lead it, will premiere on pbs and online, and be. Jul 01, 2014 watch the documentary the untouchables. In the pbs frontline film a class divided a thirdgrade teacher, jane elliot, challenges her students perceived views on prejudice, racism, bigotry, and the act of discrimination. Department of justice has failed to act on credible evidence that wall street bankers knowingly packaged and. Additional funding is provided by the abrams foundation, the park foundation. Watch full frontline documentaries pbs official site. Frontline learns firsthand why wall street is untouchable. A new pbs frontline report examines a profound failure of justice that. The pbs frontline 401k documentary names suspects but leaves. Quants the alchemists of wall street vpro documentary.
In frontlines united states of secrets, a twopart series from michael. This video contains content from pbs, who has blocked it in your. The untouchables are wall streets leaders too big to jail. Analysis of the documentary the untouchables 847 words. Pbs acquires 911 documentary from leaving neverland. Some former prosecutors believe the problem is a lack of effort. She most recently field produced whats happening to the news. Frontline pbs presents the untouchables a documentary film. Berkeleybased filmmaker sachi cunningham has shot and produced documentaries for frontline and frontline world throughout the americas, asia and the middle east. Martin smith, producer of the new pbs frontline episode, the untouchables, joined huffpost live tuesday to discuss his investigation into. The untouchables, which aired last evening on the pbs program frontline.
Watch full episodes of frontline, the pbs documentary series, and explore news investigations from frontline s awardwinning journalism team. With sarah childress, will lyman, arun rath, martin smith. The white tiger, screenplay by ramin bahrani, based on the book the white. Jan 22, 20 the television program frontline is the latest news organization to ask that question, in a worthwhile if occasionally frustrating hour airing tuesday evening on pbs in most markets. In part one, a twohour film premiering tuesday, may at10 p. Though fraudulent practices at banks contributed to americas financial meltdown. The pbs investigative series frontline asks why no top wall street bankers have been punished for the recent financial woes in the untouchables. Pbs frontlines the untouchables investigates lack of wall.
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Apr 02, 20 the above comes from the introduction of this revealing documentary by the public affairs television series frontline. In early 20 pbs frontline presented a onehour documentary about the. How obamas administration shielded wall street from prosecutions by glenn greenwald, guardian uk 23 january pbs frontline program on tuesday night broadcast a new onehour report on one of the greatest and most shameful failings of the obama administration. The untouchables provides an overview of some of the factors that led up to the financial crisis. Frontline the untouchables season 20 episode 3 kqed. Frontline pbs presents the untouchables a documentary. Stanley weber, a government pediatrician, who moved from reservation to reservation despite warnings about his behavior. Nearly 100 stars from tvs formative years bring their stories to pbs in season two of the emmynominated documentary series pioneers of television. Pbs documentary pulls back curtain on chinas deadly covid.
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