James Jacoby
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"Amazon's Jeff Bezos built a business empire that is unprecedented in the history of American capitalism--delivering endless products, entertainment services and technology innovations to customers with just a click of a button. But what is the cost of Amazon's convenience? FRONTLINE examines Amazon and Jeff Bezos' ascent to power--and his ability to shape everything from the future of work, to the future of commerce, to the future of technology....
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The promise of Facebook was to create a more open and connected world. But from the company’s failure to protect millions of users’ data, to the proliferation of “fake news” and disinformation, mounting crises have raised the question: Is Facebook more harmful than helpful? This documentary investigates a series of warnings to Facebook as the company grew from Mark Zuckerberg’s Harvard dorm room to a global empire. With dozens of original...
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"Against the backdrop of a pandemic that is disproportionately killing Black people, the deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor at the hands of the police in 2020 sparked a push for racial justice and calls for change. FRONTLINE and New Yorker staff writer Jelani Cobb examine the realities of race and policing in America, asking the question: Can policing be done differently—and is there the will to make the change? The film explores the story...
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It's been called the starkest choice in years, between two men with sharply different backgrounds, views, and prescriptions for fixing the country's problems. Mitt Romney and Barack Obama have spent hundreds of millions of dollars to tell their own stories, but in The Choice 2012, FRONTLINE goes far beyond the headlines on a journey deep into their worlds, among their friends and family, critics, and closest colleagues, to understand what drives these...
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Frontline volume 1
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Early warnings about Facebook's impact on privacy and democracy in the U.S. and around the world. Dozens of original interviews and rare footage show how the company faced claims of misuse while becoming an unprecedented global power
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Frontline volume 2
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Facebook's response to charges of promoting "fake news" and disrupting American politics. Dozens of interviews and rare footage show the company's role sowing division worldwide and the challenges facing the powerful social media platform.