{"id":86,"date":"2016-09-26T16:36:47","date_gmt":"2016-09-26T16:36:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.duke.edu\/policy360\/?p=86"},"modified":"2021-06-17T21:23:01","modified_gmt":"2021-06-17T21:23:01","slug":"ep-22-producing-the-choice-frontlines-documentary-on-the-2016-presidential-candidates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/policy360.org\/2016\/09\/26\/ep-22-producing-the-choice-frontlines-documentary-on-the-2016-presidential-candidates\/","title":{"rendered":"Ep. 22: Producing &#8220;The Choice&#8221; &#8211; Frontline&#8217;s Documentary on the 2016 Presidential Candidates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With the bitterly contested election ramping up until November, voters find themselves faced with a decision between two of the most polarizing candidates in modern history. In this episode of Policy 360, Dean Kelly Brownell sits down with Phil Bennett, Eugene C. Patterson Professor of the Practice of Journalism and Public Policy. Bennett, a former managing editor of the Washington Post as well as PBS\u2019 FRONTLINE, produced a documentary titled The Choice 2016, which will air on PBS on September 27 at 9 pm ET\/8 pm CT on PBS.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/284780028&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc; line-break: anywhere; word-break: normal; overflow: hidden; white-space: nowrap; text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif; font-weight: 100;\"><a style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"Sanford School @ Duke\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/sanford-school-duke\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sanford School @ Duke<\/a> \u00b7 <a style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"Producing &quot;The Choice&quot; - Frontline's Documentary on the 2016 Presidential Candidates\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/sanford-school-duke\/producing-the-choice-frontlines-documentary-on-the-2016-presidential-candidates\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Producing &#8220;The Choice&#8221; &#8211; Frontline&#8217;s Documentary on the 2016 Presidential Candidates<\/a><\/div>\n<p>The film takes a close look at Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, but rather than interviewing the candidates directly, the filmmakers interviewed the people around them; some of the people who know them best. The idea is if we can better understand where they come from and what\u2019s shaped them, we will gain insight into what kind of president they would be.<\/p>\n<p>After the premiere, the documentary will stream in full, for free, online at <a title=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/frontline\" href=\"https:\/\/exit.sc\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pbs.org%2Ffrontline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">www.pbs.org\/frontline<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Image: Frontline\/The Choice<\/li>\n<li>Music: Impromptu in Blue by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/2.0\/\">Creative Commons Attribution license<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Artist: <a title=\"http:\/\/www.incompetech.com\/\" href=\"https:\/\/exit.sc\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.incompetech.com%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">www.incompetech.com\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/policy360.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2016\/05\/Ep-22-Phil-Bennett-MASTER.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the transcript<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the bitterly contested election ramping up until November, voters find themselves faced with a decision between two of the most polarizing candidates in modern&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/policy360.org\/2016\/09\/26\/ep-22-producing-the-choice-frontlines-documentary-on-the-2016-presidential-candidates\/\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Ep. 22: Producing &#8220;The Choice&#8221; &#8211; Frontline&#8217;s Documentary on the 2016 Presidential Candidates<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":87,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pgc_meta":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[56,42],"class_list":["post-86","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-media-democracy","tag-politics","entry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - 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