FRONTLINE Editors' Notes

Report From Haiti

Mon, 25 Jan 2010 06:45:45 -0500

The courtyard is swarming with Scientologists, flown in by John Travolta... An excerpt from FRONTLINE's team in Port-au-Prince.

Long a Safe Haven

Mon, 04 Jan 2010 13:40:13 -0500

Yemen suddenly has become a so-called 'new front' in the war against Islamic extremists. But this is old news to Western intelligence officials. View this clip--

FRONTLINE's Top Ten

Tue, 29 Dec 2009 13:33:35 -0500

Check out the most viewed segments and most watched FRONTLINE reports in 2009. Are any of them ones that you missed?

Hunting Bin Laden

Sun, 27 Dec 2009 11:55:01 -0500

Ten years ago, on the eve of a new decade, FBI/CIA knew they were headed for some major event between Christmas and New Year's--

The Mind Reels...

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 13:47:12 -0500

Amazing footage of what it takes for us to be able to click on a switch and light up a room, a factory, a city...

Did They Get It Right?

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 17:54:42 -0500

Here's a country that looked at good ideas in health care systems all over the world and then designed their own. How would you rate it?

Beasts, Plagues and The End-Time

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 13:22:22 -0500

The roots of our fascination with doom, destruction and how the world ends can be found in this one book - The Book of Revelation.

Bank of America to Repay $45B

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 09:52:00 -0500

Wow. Barely a year ago BofA and other banks were taking a public whipping, and Ken Lewis was fighting for survival. It seemed sort of the end of an era -- maybe. Have a look...

Doomsday Thinking?

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:22:22 -0500

Forget about asteroids or 2012. The threat that's been intimately with us for eons is viruses and bacteria -- mankind's only remaining 'predators.' A clip...

Where Are You On This One?

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:07:29 -0500

Should kids who kill get life without parole? The U.S. Supreme Court announced it'll wrestle with it next session. Meanwhile -- some video, and our reporting...

Branded by War

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:12:30 -0500

On this Veteran's Day, Nov. 11th, Americans and the U.S. military are more aware than ever of war's impact on the soldier. View--

Kahrdinal Sins

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:17:10 -0500

--a response to Andrew Kahr by Jim Blaine, State Employees' Credit Union, North Carolina Andrew Kahr sure takes Messieurs Bubb and Kaufman to task in his blog response! Perhaps he should be more gentle, a bit more patient. After all, Bubb and Kaufman are admittedly just young, budding, novice economists; give them some space, surely their worst work still lies ahead! Actually, I was well pleased with both the tone and stridency of Mr. Kahr's rebuttal. Having watched his interview on FRONTLINE's 2004 program, Secret History of the Credit Card, I had always assumed that Mr. Kahr's views had been...

Look Back

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 09:43:49 -0500

A year ago, Obama was elected president, and we aired a report on his life and career. Stats show this is the most watched section from that film...

Madoff Saga

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:55:54 -0500

The scandal's newest number? $21 billion lost by investors. View inside-the-operation stories as told by Madoff's earliest feeder (late '60s), Michael Bienes. One of our most fascinating interviews ever!

Still Waiting: Unfair and Deceptive Credit Card Practices Continue

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:30:00 -0500

"I think this new Pew report -- just out this week -- says it all." --Lowell Bergman, correspondent for the FRONTLINE/New York Times joint report The Card Game, airing November 24th. One hundred percent of credit cards offered online by the leading bank card issuers continue to include practices that will be outlawed once legislation passed in May takes effect next year, according to a new report by the Pew Health Group's Safe Credit Cards Project. The report also found that advertised credit card interest rates rose an average of 20 percent in the first two quarters of 2009, even...