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Dig Deeper: What You Need to Know About the Financial Crisis
Amid the fiercest financial crisis since the Great Depression, FRONTLINE has been at the forefront of investigating the roots of the meltdown, the hidden stories of those who warned about what was to come and the lessons moving forward.
April 20, 2012
Do We Need a "Death Penalty" for Negligent Oil Companies?
Two years after an explosion at BP's Deepwater Horizon rig killed 11 workers and unleashed more than 5 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, deepwater drilling is back up at the levels it was before the April 20, 2010 accident...
April 19, 2012
James Murdoch Steps Down as Chair of BSkyB
It's the latest in a year of setbacks for News Corp.
April 3, 2012
Top Fed Official: "The Moment Is Now" to Break Up Big Banks
Is the "too big to fail" problem with us now more than ever?
April 2, 2012
A Private Investigator Explains the "Dark Arts" of Tabloid News
For decades, private investigator Daniel Hanks worked both sides of the law.
March 27, 2012
Live Chat 1 p.m. ET: Untangling Murdoch's Scandal
Join "Murdoch's Scandal" correspondent Lowell Bergman and producer Neil Docherty for a live chat on 3/28 at 1 p.m. ET featuring guest questioner Sarah Ellison from Vanity Fair. You can leave a question now.
March 27, 2012
Nick Davies: Breaking the Story that Brought Down "News of the World"
How a police officer's tip at a dinner party unraveled a British scandal: "It's a story that immediately, by fluke, takes you into not just the most powerful news organization in the country, but also the most powerful police service in the country and the most powerful political party," says Davies.
March 27, 2012
Kelvin MacKenzie: "I'm the Only One Who Will Defend Rupert Murdoch"
Described as Rupert Murdoch's "favorite editor" and known for his controversial headlines, MacKenzie worked for News Corporation for over a decade, including stints as managing editor of the New York Post and as editor of The Sun. Here's his take on why Murdoch's a "decent guy" – and why those less successful "dislike him intensely."
March 27, 2012
Mark Lewis: The Lawyer Who "Walked Into a John Grisham Novel"
"I was a small-town lawyer who suddenly ended up taking on one of the world's biggest media groups," says lawyer Mark Lewis.
March 27, 2012
Just How Big is News Corp.?
Pretty big, stretching across satellite and cable television, publishing and film. Here's a visualization of the company's holdings in 2011.
March 27, 2012
Tom Watson: The Loneliest MP Investigating Phone-Hacking
"Every friend and adviser I spoke to in 2009 to '10 said: 'You're not going to get to the truth of this. There are too many people at the top with a vested interest for this story not to come out,'" says MP Tom Watson.
March 27, 2012