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PAST WINNER'S SPOTLIGHT
Winner, Outstanding Documentary on a Business Topic in 2003
In May 2002, as the nation's biggest banks finalized a record $1.4 billion settlement for securities violations, FRONTLINE broadcast "The Wall Street Fix." Reported and produced by journalist Hedrick Smith, the one-hour documentary succeeded in doing what few television news reports on the topic were able to do: explain the complex, convoluted underpinnings of the investment scandal to the average citizen.
The result of an extensive journalistic investigation, "The Wall Street Fix" revealed the hidden ties that enabled superbanks and Wall Street insiders...