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'Lies Laced With Anger and Hate Spread Fastest': Journalist Maria Ressa Maps Social Media Disinformation in Documentary 'A Thousand Cuts'
The new documentary 'A Thousand Cuts' traces Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on the press, the spread of disinformation on social media — and one journalist’s vow to “hold the line.”
January 8, 2021
Capitol Rioters Planned for Weeks in Plain Sight. The Police Weren’t Ready.
Insurrectionists made no effort to hide their intentions, but law enforcement protecting Congress was caught flat-footed.
January 7, 2021
2020: The Year in Review
FRONTLINE's executive producer, Raney Aronson-Rath, reflects on a tumultuous year.
December 30, 2020
Fewer Rejected Ballots Seemed to Be a Win for Voter Access. Trump and Others Disagree.
New mail ballot rules, extensive publicity over how to vote correctly by mail and broadened opportunities to fix minor errors on a ballot before it was discarded worked to limit wide-scale absentee ballot rejections.
December 28, 2020
Q&A with ‘My Brother’s Bomber’ Filmmaker Ken Dornstein on Lockerbie Bombing Updates
The name of the newly charged Lockerbie bombing suspect was familiar to filmmaker Ken Dornstein, who had set out years earlier in search of those responsible for the 1988 terrorist attack.
December 22, 2020
Big Oil Evaded Regulation And Plastic Pellets Kept Spilling
The oil and plastic industry, which makes plastic pellets, says it has programs in place to prevent any spills. But NPR and FRONTLINE found top officials have known about the problem for decades, even as they successfully fended off regulation that might have kept them in check.
December 22, 2020
Indian Health Service Improves on Sexual-Abuse Safeguards, Report Finds
The U.S. Indian Health Service still must do more to encourage staff to report suspected abuse, officials say.
December 21, 2020
Listen to the Top 5 'FRONTLINE Dispatch' Podcast Episodes of 2020
An American mom in ISIS territory, racial disparities in policing and the pandemic, the rise of conspiracy theories in U.S. politics, and more.
December 21, 2020
Watch 2020’s 10 Most-Streamed FRONTLINE Documentaries
It has been an unparalleled year. Explore the 10 most-streamed FRONTLINE documentaries released during 2020.
December 18, 2020
Two Weeks. Three Lost. One Florida Family Ravaged by the Coronavirus.
Boyzell Hosey, a journalist for the Tampa Bay Times, developed COVID-19 symptoms, then watched his world shatter.
December 17, 2020