Season 23

FrontlineSeason 23

2004
16 Episodes

Episodes

Sacred Ground
S23E01

Sacred Ground

17 Sept 2004
The Choice 2004
S23E02

The Choice 2004

12 Oct 2004
Rumsfeld's War
S23E03
10.0

Rumsfeld's War

26 Oct 2004
The Persuaders
S23E04

The Persuaders

FRONTLINE takes an in-depth look at the multibillion-dollar “persuasion industries” of advertising and public relations and how marketers have developed new ways of integrating their messages deeper into the fabric of our lives. Through sophisticated market research methods to better understand consumers and by turning to the little-understood techniques of public relations to make sure their messages come from sources we trust, marketers are crafting messages that resonate with an increasingly cynical public.

09 Nov 2004
Is Wal-Mart Good for America?
S23E05

Is Wal-Mart Good for America?

FRONTLINE offers two starkly contrasting images: one of empty storefronts in Circleville, Ohio, where the local TV manufacturing plant has closed down; the other--a sea of high rises in the South China boomtown of Shenzhen. The connection between American job losses and soaring Chinese exports? Wal-Mart. For Wal-Mart, China has become the cheapest, most reliable production platform in the world, the source of up to $25 billion in annual imports that help the company deliver everyday low prices to 100 million customers a week. But while some economists credit Wal-Mart's single-minded focus on low costs with helping contain U.S. inflation, others charge that the company is the main force driving the massive overseas shift to China in the production of American consumer goods, resulting in hundreds of thousands of lost jobs and a lower standard of living here at home. https://www.pbs.org/video/frontline-wal-mart-good-america/

16 Nov 2004
Secret History of the Credit Card
S23E06

Secret History of the Credit Card

The surprising history and clever tactics of an industry few Americans fully understand.

23 Nov 2004
Al Qaeda's New Front
S23E07
10.0

Al Qaeda's New Front

Al-Qaeda's New Front is PBS documentary on Islamic terrorist network in Europe and its relationship to Islam and Al-Qaeda.

25 Jan 200556m
House of Saud
S23E08
7.0

House of Saud

08 Feb 2005
A Company of Soldiers
S23E09

A Company of Soldiers

22 Feb 2005
The Soldier's Heart
S23E10

The Soldier's Heart

The military teaches soldiers how to fight, how to kill, how to survive. But who teaches them how to live with themselves? Examining an underreported story of the Iraq war: the psychological cost of those who fight it.

01 Mar 200555m
Israel's Next War?
S23E11

Israel's Next War?

A shocking documentary about the growing number of Jewish extremists in Israel.

05 Apr 2005
Karl Rove -- the Architect
S23E12

Karl Rove -- the Architect

12 Apr 2005
Death of a Princess (Updated)
S23E13

Death of a Princess (Updated)

19 Apr 2005
The New Asylums
S23E14

The New Asylums

A report on the new reality for the mentally ill in America: Nearly 500,000 are serving time in U.S. jails and prisons. How did we get here, and are we doing anything to help them?

10 May 200554m
A Jew Among the Germans
S23E15

A Jew Among the Germans

31 May 2005
Private Warriors
S23E16

Private Warriors

21 Jun 2005