Frontline

It was nice to see more documentaries from PBS on Netflix. I chose to watch Frontline: To Catch A Trader and was immediately intrigued by the program. So, I decided to watch "Battle Zones: Ukraine & Syria," another Frontline documentary. After viewing that I went on to "Losing Iraq." It was then I found out that some episodes are heavily more bias than others, and "Losing Iraq" was one of those episodes. The documentary was filled with ex-Bush Administration and affiliates who lacked objectivity. Not only that but many facts or controversies were left out such as issues involving Dick Cheney and Halliburton or the legality of the invasion of Iraq. This episode of Frontline felt like pure propaganda.

The systems and politicians didn't do enough for them despite the nice speeches. I appreciated seeing this perspective of the American story. It resonates strongly for so many of us. So many of us played by the rules and still came out with a basket half empty. Debt, poor health and expensive insurance and the only option for retirement is no retirement and continued working until the end. Regardless of how much we pay for taxes. I wish the best for all of us who are looking for options as we age. The American dream is now a hope to survive. Whe previously we had dreams of thriving and building legacies for our families.

A journalistic documentary series that works with sufficient running time and a good, serious presentation. Of course, the nail on the head is not always hit here, but the direction is right and the claim is respectable. Only rarely, but quite sometimes, do scattered ideological aspects determine the scientific approach of the journalistic presentation - especially in the Ireland episode, for example. But all in all a good documentary series that you can be happy about that it still exists today.

Hammered Bush for 8 years, made Obama look like a prince for 8, and now... Trump could cure cancer and these producers would find a way to put a negative spin on it.

I use to rate this program highly. It had at least at one time, a lot of integrity, and fairly strong investigative reporting. However like a lot of modern media, it has now become little more than biased political propaganda. In their most recent episode, I noticed not only blatant and important pieces of information entirely ignored, but also the other side of the story mostly just glossed over, especially in the last hour of the program. They try to somewhat make it look legit, as if it isn't just a hit piece. However if you follow the stories closely yourself from all sides, don't be surprised to see that these days even this show is now extremely compromised. It's not a wonder that many more independently minded podcasts are now taking over a large portion of the media audience. Television journalism with integrity is essentially dead, the same could mostly be said for newspapers and radio. Science has shown us that fear slows the mind. For us as humans to be focusing on fear over facts, seems to be among the most unscientific things we could possibly be doing. Yet it's exactly this, and the beloved buzzword of the times, 'misinformation' that most media outlets continue to embrace and push.

My old rating of this program - 7.5/10

My rating of the modern program, and this rating may even be somewhat generous I feel. - 2/10.