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FRONTLINE; Inside the Tobacco Deal

AIR: 5/12/98 Ch 1 & 2 stereo mix Ch 3 mono Dub from D-Beta Master Duration: 56:46

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Series

FRONTLINE

Program

Inside the Tobacco Deal

Program Number

1616K

Series Description

Premiered January 1983 Since January 1983, FRONTLINE has served as American public television's - PBS - flagship public affairs series. Hailed upon its television broadcast debut as "the last best hope for broadcast documentaries," FRONTLINE's stature over 23 years is reaffirmed each week through incisive documentaries covering the scope and complexity of the human experience. Series release date: 1/1983

Program Description

FRONTLINE goes inside the tobacco deal, telling the tale of how a group of small-town lawyers from the nation's poorest state brought Big Tobacco to the bargaining table. The film follows the trail of confidential Brown & Williamson documents that were leaked, examines the role of former presidential advisor Dick Morris in shaping Clinton's stance on tobacco and reveals new information about the government's criminal case against the tobacco industry.

Duration

00:56:46

Asset Type

Broadcast program

Media Type

Video

Genres

Documentary

Topics

Public Affairs

News

Citation

Chicago: “FRONTLINE; Inside the Tobacco Deal,” GBH Archives, accessed October 4, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_DA75F0BCE2C74E6BBF637A31204849CA.

MLA: “FRONTLINE; Inside the Tobacco Deal.” GBH Archives. Web. October 4, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_DA75F0BCE2C74E6BBF637A31204849CA>.

APA: FRONTLINE; Inside the Tobacco Deal. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_DA75F0BCE2C74E6BBF637A31204849CA