Editing Frontline (American TV program) (section)

=== "The Choice" ===
Since 1988, ''Frontline'' has also aired "The Choice": a special edition aired during the lead-up to the [[United States presidential election|presidential election]] every four years, focusing on the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] and [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] candidates contending for the office of [[President of the United States]]. An installment aired on October 14, 2008, using a dual-biography format for [[Barack Obama]] and [[John McCain]]. The 2008 documentary, produced by [[Michael Kirk]], generated favorable reviews from ''[[The New York Times]]'', which stated that the program helped viewers "gain perspective" about the "idea-oriented campaign",<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/14/arts/television/14deci.html|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=October 13, 2008|access-date=July 3, 2010|title=The Past Parts of the Present Campaign|first=Neil|last=Genzlinger}}</ref> and ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', which labeled it "refreshingly clear" and "informative".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-oct-14-et-choice14-story.html|date=October 14, 2008|title=A refreshingly clear 'Choice'|first=Mary|last=McNamara|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=July 3, 2010}}</ref>

A subsequent episode aired on October 9, 2012, and featured the same dual biography tracing the lives and careers of incumbent President Barack Obama and his challenger, [[Mitt Romney]]. The following episode aired on September 27, 2016, and featured the biography of [[Hillary Clinton]] and [[Donald Trump]]. "The Choice 2024" is the most recent installment and aired on September 24, 2024, featuring [[Kamala Harris]] and Donald Trump.<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 24, 2024 |title=The Choice 2024: Harris vs. Trump |url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/documentary/the-choice-2024-harris-vs-trump/ |access-date=January 17, 2025 |website=pbs.org}}</ref>