www.pbs.org Lowell Bergman talks about the social costs of bribery, pointing to the example of oil rich Nigeria, which has suffered catastrophically from endemic corruption. The clip is part of an ongoing FRONTLINE and FRONTLINE/World project examining the global impact of bribery and increased international efforts to police corruption, called “The Business of Bribes.” The unfolding online investigation will lead up a FRONTLINE documentary, “Black Money,” airing April 7 on PBS.
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This looks like it’ll be an interesting look at how the economy really works in many Third World countries and why it causes stagnation among its people.
God, I love “Frontline”! They say and cover stuff no one else on TV does. Kudos “Frontline”! May you continue forever! You really look deeper into the stories happening all around us — much moerso than all those laughable excuses on the main TV networks that claim to be news programs.