The Choice 2008

October 14, 2008

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Frontline - S26 - E11

This two-hour program examines the rich personal and political biographies of John McCain and Barack Obama and goes behind the headlines to discover how they arrived at this moment and what their very different candidacies say about America.

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Frontline: Season 26 - 18 Episode s

26x1 - Cheney's Law
October 16, 2007
For three decades, Vice President Dick Cheney has waged a secretive, and often bitter battle to expand the power of the presidency. Now in a direct confrontation with Congress, as the administration asserts executive privilege to head off investigations into domestic wiretapping and the firing of U.S. attorneys, FRONTLINE meticulously traces the behind-closed-doors battle within the administration over the power of the presidency and the rule of law.
26x2 - Showdown With Iran
October 23, 2007
As the U.S. and Iran compete for influence across the Middle East, FRONTLINE examines how U.S. efforts to install democracy in Iraq have served to strengthen Iran’s position as an emerging global power.
26x3 - A Dangerous Business Revisited
February 5, 2008
Five years ago, FRONTLINE and The New York Times joined forces to investigate death and dismemberment in one of America's most dangerous industries -- the iron pipe foundry business. One company stood out, the McWane Corporation. It had more health and safety violations than all of its competitors combined, and there were a number of environmental violations as well. In the five years since our original broadcast, federal prosecutors obtained indictments against and juries convicted the company in five cases in four states. Today McWane says it has made a dramatic turnaround and that worker safety and environmental protection are now high priorities. FRONTLINE revisits its original broadcast with correspondent Lowell Bergman who then reports on what has changed at McWane and whether the company has become a less dangerous business.
26x4 - On Our Watch
November 20, 2007
The world vowed “never again” after the genocide in Rwanda and the atrocities in Srebrenica, Bosnia. Then came Darfur. In On Our Watch, FRONTLINE asks why the United Nations and its members once again failed to stop the slaughter.
26x5 - The Medicated Child
January 8, 2008
Millions of U.S. children are taking psychiatric drugs, most never tested on kids. Good medicine - or an uncontrolled experiment?
26x6 - Growing Up Online
January 22, 2008
What does it mean to be part of the first generation coming of age in the Internet era? This report received a 2009 Emmy nomination for Outstanding Informational Program.
26x7 - Rules of Engagement
February 19, 2008
What happened that November day in Haditha, Iraq gets to the heart of the war U.S. troops are fighting. This report received a 2009 Emmy nomination for Outstanding Investigative Journalism - Long Form.
26x8 - Bush's War, Part 1
March 24, 2008
On the fifth anniversary of the Iraq invasion, FRONTLINE unfolds the full saga of the war in a two-part, definitive broadcast.
26x9 - Bush's War, Part 2
March 25, 2008
The inside story of the war that will define a presidency -- a war that no one expected, and no one planned for.
26x10 - Bad Voodoo's War
April 1, 2008
FRONTLINE captures the realities of war through a "virtual embed" with a National Guard platoon serving in Iraq.
26x11 - The Choice 2008
October 14, 2008
This two-hour program examines the rich personal and political biographies of John McCain and Barack Obama and goes behind the headlines to discover how they arrived at this moment and what their very different candidacies say about America.
26x12 - Heat
October 21, 2008
For years, big business -- from oil and coal companies to electric utilities to car manufacturers -- have resisted change to environmental policy and stifled the debate over climate change in America and around the globe. Now, facing rising pressure from governments, green groups and investors alike, big business is reshaping its approach to the environment. With the election looming, FRONTLINE producer Martin Smith investigates what some businesses are doing to fend off new regulations and how others are repositioning themselves to prosper in a radically changed world.
26x13 - The War Briefing
October 28, 2008
The next president of the United States will inherit some of the greatest foreign policy challenges in American history -- an overstretched military, frayed alliances, and wars on two fronts. FRONTLINE gives viewers a hard, inside look at the real policy choices the next president will face. The report features strategists and diplomats giving their best advice about how to correct past failures and how to shape a realistic foreign policy approach in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan.
26x14 - Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story
November 11, 2008
In the wake of yet another hard-fought and bitter presidential campaign, FRONTLINE presents a spirited and revealing biography of Lee Atwater, the charming, Machiavellian godfather of modern, take-no-prisoners Republican political campaigns. Through eye-opening interviews with Atwater's closest friends and adversaries, the film explores the life of the controversial political operative who mentored Karl Rove and George W. Bush, led the GOP to historic victories, and wrote the party's winning playbook. The story tracks Atwater's rise from his beginnings in South Carolina as a high school election kingmaker all the way to the White House and his subsequent battle with cancer and final search for forgiveness and redemption. To Democrats, Atwater was a political assassin who one Congresswoman dubbed "the most evil man in America," but to Republicans he remains a hero for his deep understanding of the American voter and his unapologetic vision of politics as warfare.
26x15 - The Hugo Chavez Show
November 25, 2008
FRONTLINE looks at Venezuela's controversial and outspoken president Hugo Chavez and the revolution he claims is turning his country into an anti-capitalist beacon for Latin America and the world. Through the lens of his unique weekly program "Al Presidente" and the eyes of the Venezuelans who know him well, FRONTLINE digs below the surface of his presidency and his personality to try to understand the mercurial leader.
26x16 - Sick Around the World
April 15, 2008
In the debate over health care, what might the U.S. learn from the successes and failures of five other capitalist democracies?
26x17 - Young & Restless in China
June 17, 2008
A remarkably intimate look into the lives of nine young Chinese coming of age in a society changing as fast as any in history.
26x18 - Storm Over Everest
May 13, 2008
As darkness fell on May 10, 1996, a fast moving storm of unimaginable ferocity trapped three climbing teams high on the slopes of Mount Everest. The climbers, exhausted from their summit climb, were soon lost in darkness, in a fierce blizzard, far from the safety of High Camp at 26,000 feet. World-renowned climber and filmmaker David Breashears, who aided the rescue efforts back in 1996, now returns to Everest to tell the fuller story of what really happened on that legendary climb. Through remarkably intimate interviews with the climbers and Sherpas many who have never spoken before on American television Breashears sheds new light on the worst climbing tragedy in Mount Everest s history.

26x1 - Cheney's Law

26x2 - Showdown With Iran

26x3 - A Dangerous Business Revisited

26x4 - On Our Watch

26x5 - The Medicated Child

26x6 - Growing Up Online

26x7 - Rules of Engagement

26x8 - Bush's War, Part 1

26x9 - Bush's War, Part 2

26x10 - Bad Voodoo's War

26x11 - The Choice 2008

26x12 - Heat

26x13 - The War Briefing

26x14 - Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story

26x15 - The Hugo Chavez Show

26x16 - Sick Around the World

26x17 - Young & Restless in China

26x18 - Storm Over Everest

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