Showing posts with label PBS FrontLine. Show all posts
Showing posts with label PBS FrontLine. Show all posts

Monday, August 19, 2019

SEPARATED FAMILIES - Foster Home Oversight

Does anyone really think the Trump Administration cares about 'brown' immigrant children?  Of course he doesn't.

"How much oversight do foster homes for migrant children have?" PBS NewsHour 8/16/2019

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SUMMARY:  A new investigation by the Associated Press and FRONTLINE finds allegations of physical and sexual abuse for some migrant children who are moved into government-funded foster care after they are separated from their families.  Jeffrey Brown talks to the AP’s Martha Mendoza about details of the allegations, who oversees the foster homes and why additional lawsuits may be forthcoming.

Monday, August 21, 2017

AMERICAN POLITICS - End of Bannon White House

IMHO:  May Bannon rot in hell. ðŸ˜¡

"With Bannon out, how will the White House change?" PBS NewsHour 8/18/2017

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SUMMARY:  Chief strategist Steve Bannon ended his tenure at the White House Friday, yet another departure in a string of top staff firings.  Bannon has been credited with helping President Trump win the 2016 election and has played a controversial role in the administration.  Hari Sreenivasan discusses the ouster with Washington Week's Robert Costa.




"Making sense of a chaotic week at the White House" PBS NewsHour 8/20/2017

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SUMMARY:  It was another turbulent week at the White House, featuring the departure of President Trump's senior strategist Steve Bannon, who promised to wage "war" at figures inside the White House and Republicans from his Breitbart website, and the collapse of several advisory panels.  PBS NewsHour Special Correspondent Jeff Greenfield joins Hari Sreenivasan from New York to put the chaos in context.




"Bannon's War" PBS Frontline

Monday, October 17, 2016

STUDENT DEBT - Explained

"Our student debt anxiety explained in one video" PBS NewsHour 10/11/2016

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SUMMARY:  College affordability has become a major issue in the election because it's a major issue in our lives -- Americans currently hold $1.3 trillion in student debt, and it's on a staggering rise.  Frontline and Marketplace collaborated on this video with Marketplace host Kai Ryssdal on the state of student loans.

Monday, October 03, 2016

ELECTION 2016 - Debate in Context

"The facts behind debate talking points like stop-and-frisk and trade deals" PBS NewsHour 9/27/2016

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SUMMARY:  Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump debated for 94 minutes in their first public face-off Monday night.  During that time, the candidates rattled off accusations, numbers and “he said, she said” quotes.  But what was true, what wasn't and what needed more context?  Lisa Desjardins takes a look at the facts behind their claims.



"Think you know Clinton and Trump?  New documentary gets inside the candidates' past lives" PBS NewsHour 9/27/2016

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SUMMARY:  “The Choice 2016,” a Frontline documentary, takes an up-close and detailed look at the lives of Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton.  Starting their stories when they were children, producer and director Michael Kirk lays everything out on the table.  Judy Woodruff speaks with him about the making of the film and what it reveals about the two people vying for the Presidency.



PBS Frontline - The Choice 2016 (full episode)

Wednesday, May 18, 2016

FRONTLINE - The Secret History of ISIS

Frontline direct link

  • Dick Cheney, 'midwife' to ISIS
  • President G.W. Bush, dupe of Cheney
  • President Obama, enabler to the vast growth of ISIS