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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 April 25, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_A44CC584563A4722A436409996D3CE9D.
MLA: “FRONTLINE / Ten O'Clock News Special Report; America Goes to War.” GBH Archives. Web. April 25, 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
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