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Season 20 Episode 23 - Bigger Than Enron
In "Bigger Than Enron," FRONTLINE correspondent Hedrick Smith shines a spotlight on how the corporate watchdogs -- the bankers, lawyers, regulators, politicians, and above all, the accountants -- failed to prevent Enron and other scandals from happening. Through interviews with current and former SEC officials (including SEC Chairman Harvey Pitt and his predecessor, Arthur Levitt), Arthur Andersen executives (including former Andersen CEO Joseph Berardino), members of Congress (including Sen. Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut), investor advocates, and others, the report explores how the system of controls was eroded by conflicts of interest, as well as by congressional intervention that blocked efforts at protecting investors.
Episodes in Season 20
Hunting Bin Laden
Target America
Looking for Answers
Dangerous Straits
Trail of a Terrorist
Gunning for Saddam
Saudi Time Bomb?
The Monster That Ate Hollywood
An Ordinary Crime
Inside the Terror Network
Dot Con
57 min
Inside the Teenage Brain
American Porn
Roll Over: the Hidden History of the SUV
Testing Our Schools
Battle for the Holy Land
Requiem for Frank Lee Smith
Modern Meat
Did Daddy Do It?
Terror and Tehran
Muslims
114 min
The Siege of Bethlehem
Bigger Than Enron
57 min
Shattered Dreams
117 min
