The Clout of the Media Giants Five multimedia conglomerates dominate the cross promotion and selling of popular culture to youth. Here are excerpts from FRONTLINE’s interviews with media critics discussing the impact of this power. The Symbiotic Relationship Between the Media and Teenagers Cultural/media analysts talk about the intense relationship existing between youth culture and [...]

A widower is determined to get to the bottom of a potentially explosive secret involving his wife’s murder, big business, and corporate corruption.

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC AND THE HISTORY CHANNEL Long a symbol of love, affection and faithfulness, the diamond is now increasingly linked with war, blood and brutality. In the diamond-rich West African nation of Sierra Leone, rebels used the precious gems to bankroll a violent ten-year insurrection, leaving a terrorized population and a ravaged landscape in its wake. [...]