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== Critical reception == ''Frontline'' has received generally positive reviews from television critics. [[David Zurawik]] of ''[[The Baltimore Sun]]'' wrote that the episode "Inside the Meltdown", was "one of the finest hours of non-fiction TV that I have seen."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/bs-mtblog-2009-02-60_minutes_world_savings_pelle-story.html|title=60 Minutes goes after crooked mortgage brokers|last=Zurawik|first=David|date=February 15, 2009|website=The Baltimore Sun|access-date=December 8, 2019}}</ref> Vern Gay of ''[[Newsday]]'' wrote that "The Card Game" episode, "bores down to the hard, cold truth" and is "journalism at its best."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newsday.com/entertainment/tv/frontline-s-card-game-a-matter-of-life-and-debt-1.1613852|title='Frontline's' 'Card Game': A matter of life and debt|last=Gay|first=Vern|date=November 20, 2009|website=Newsday|language=en|access-date=December 7, 2019}}</ref> Tom Brinkmoeller of ''TV Worth Watching'' called it, "Indispensable."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Brinkmoeller |first=Tom |date=2012-12-18 |title=PBS Station Head Assesses Landscape Following Recent Assault on Public TV |url=http://www.tvworthwatching.com/post/PBS-Shapiro.aspx |access-date=2022-09-29 |website=TV Worth Watching}}</ref> Sean Gregory of ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' wrote about the episode, "[[League of Denial]]", that it was "a first-rate piece of reporting."<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://keepingscore.blogs.time.com/2013/10/07/new-book-and-pbs-documentary-details-nfls-concussion-denial/|title=New Book, and PBS Documentary, Details NFL's Concussion Denial|last=Gregory|first=Sean|date=October 7, 2013|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|access-date=December 7, 2019|language=en-US|issn=0040-781X}}</ref> David Zurawik of ''The Baltimore Sun'' wrote about the episode "The Rise of ISIS", that it was "superb and daring work."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/opinion/columnists/zurawik/bal-frontline-chilling-revealing-look-isis-pbs-20141028-story.html|title=Frontline offers harrowing, revealing look into ISIS tonight|last=Zurawik|first=David|date=October 28, 2014|website=Baltimore Sun|access-date=December 7, 2019}}</ref> Alasdair Wilkins of ''[[The A.V. Club]]'' wrote, "hardest-hitting show on television."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.avclub.com/as-baseball-reaches-its-climax-basketball-begins-1798285851|title=As baseball reaches its climax, basketball begins|last=Wilkins|first=Alasdair|date=October 27, 2015|website=[[The A.V. Club]]|language=en-us|access-date=December 7, 2019}}</ref> [[Margaret Sullivan (journalist)|Margaret Sullivan]], the media columnist of ''[[The Washington Post]]'' wrote for the episode, "The Choice 2016", "utterly-fair and completely riveting."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/it-wasnt-all-bad-here-were-the-medias-13-best-moments-of-campaign-2016/2016/11/04/98d3811a-a1eb-11e6-8832-23a007c77bb4_story.html|title=It wasn't all bad: Here were the media's 13 best moments of Campaign 2016|last=Sullivan|first=Margaret|date=November 6, 2016|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=December 7, 2019}}</ref> Vern Gay of ''[[Newsday]]'' wrote that the show is "authoritative and comprehensive."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newsday.com/entertainment/tv/putin-s-revenge-review-not-much-new-in-look-at-u-s-russia-saga-1.14600377|title='Putin's Revenge' doesn't break new ground|last=Gay|first=Vern|date=October 24, 2017|website=Newsday|language=en|access-date=December 8, 2019}}</ref> David Zurawik of ''[[The Baltimore Sun]]'' wrote that the episode "Trump's Showdown", "is as good as long-form, non-fiction television gets."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/opinion/columnists/zurawik/bs-fe-zontv-trump-showdown-frontline-pbs-20180926-story.html|title=Frontline takes on biggest story line in American life with 'Trump's Showdown'|author-link=David Zurawik |last=Zurawik|first=David|date=September 28, 2018|website=The Baltimore Sun|access-date=December 8, 2019}}</ref> Chris Barton of the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' wrote for the episode, "The Facebook Dilemma" that ''Frontline'' has a "well-earned reputation for unflinching, in-depth examinations of social issues and current events."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/la-et-st-pbs-frontline-facebook-tca-20180731-story.html|title=PBS 'Frontline' special 'The Facebook Dilemma' outpaces the scary stories on other networks|last=Barton|first=Chris|date=July 31, 2018|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US|access-date=December 8, 2019}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Beast]]'' wrote for the episode, "[[The Choice 2020]]", "Beyond spin...thoughtful [and] in-depth."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-09-22 |title=FRONTLINE's Critically Acclaimed Series, "The Choice," Returns Tonight for Key 2020 Election Insight |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/frontlines-critically-acclaimed-series-the-choice-returns-tonight-for-key-2020-election-insight |access-date=2022-09-21 |website=The Daily Beast |language=en}}</ref>
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