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In a four-part special series, News War, FRONTLINE examines the political, cultural, legal, and economic forces challenging the news media today and how the press has reacted in turn. Through interviews with key figures in print, broadcast and electronic media over the past four decades — and with unequaled, behind-the-scenes access to some of today’s most important [...]

Power shortages. Rolling blackouts. Skyrocketing utility bills. California’s 2000-2001 power disaster made “energy” a national front-burner issue. In “Blackout,” FRONTLINE and The New York Times join forces to investigate the story behind the California energy crisis. Correspondent Lowell Bergman goes head to head with energy industry CEOs and state and federal officials to uncover what’s at the heart of the [...]