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FRONTLINE / Ten O'Clock News Special Report; America Goes to War

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Series

FRONTLINE / Ten O'Clock News Special Report

Program

America Goes to War

Program Number

101

Series Description

FRONTLINE is investigative journalism that questions, explains and changes our world. Since 1983, FRONTLINE has served as PBS's flagship public affairs series. Hailed upon its television broadcast debut as "the last best hope for broadcast documentaries," FRONTLINE's stature is reaffirmed each week through incisive documentaries covering the scope and complexity of the human experience.

Program Description

Ran Thursday, January 17 through Sunday, January 20, 1991. Nightly program hosted by Hodding Carter that tried to review and examine breaking news surrounding the outbreak of war in the Persian Gulf between Iraq and US lead forces. Program reviewed daily events and also offered in-studio discussions/taped reports, on the larger issues that brought about and would be affected by current events. Discussions included impact of war at home, linkage with the Palestinian issue, media coverage, censorship, Middle East reactions.

Asset Type

Broadcast program

Media Type

Video

Genres

Documentary

Citation

Chicago: “FRONTLINE / Ten O'Clock News Special Report; America Goes to War,” GBH Archives, accessed December 22, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_A44CC584563A4722A436409996D3CE9D.

MLA: “FRONTLINE / Ten O'Clock News Special Report; America Goes to War.” GBH Archives. Web. December 22, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_A44CC584563A4722A436409996D3CE9D>.

APA: FRONTLINE / Ten O'Clock News Special Report; America Goes to War. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_A44CC584563A4722A436409996D3CE9D