Valerie Jarrett served as a senior adviser to President Barack Obama from 2009 to 2017.
The following interview was conducted by FRONTLINE’s Jim Gilmore on August 21, 2020 during our reporting for the “The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden†— FRONTLINE’s critically acclaimed election series featuring the interwoven, investigative biographies of both presidential candidates. It has been edited for clarity and length.
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She is a classical Marxist that should be in jail because she’s a threat to our republic! She’s done more harm than good!
Nah, she definitely looks high yellow
PBS President Biden System
the fact that OBAMA looked to Biden for opinion was proof that OBAMA was ………………………. Guess he could of ask Biden and do the opposite.
the fact that OBAMA looked to Biden for opinion was proof that OBAMA was ………………………. Guess he could of ask Biden and do the opposite.
the fact that OBAMA looked to Biden for opinion was proof that OBAMA was ………………………. Guess he could of ask Biden and do the opposite.
Rosanne Barr was right
Black PEOPLE are cursed with the Evil white Gene/DNA of many black females raped during slavery that had CHILDREN ith those White DEVILS and that EVIL lineage continues UNFORTUNATELY!!@
REPENT to God!
Serve God!
REBUKE/BIND the Devil/All his DEMONS in JESUS name, EVERYDAY, all day long!!
She look like biddens foreskin
Iranian communist!
He always get emotional when speaking about his Son, Sad he is A very Strong man, glad Obama was there for him, he also did the Eulogy at the funeral
Who remembers Reading Rainbow? PBS is low-key the truth. They encouraged me to read books instead of watching too much tv. Thanks to everyone who has contributed to the growth of PBS.
Valerie jarret is a criminal
Hey Valerie, how's that HOLYLAND FOUNDATION?
The Evil in the back.
Trump has deliberately flouted science, social distancing and made a mockery of masks, refusing to wear a mask in situations where it was deemed necessary by hospital authorities and medical consultants.
During the onset of COVID-19 Trump repeatedly lied to the American people about the severity of the virus, repeatedly thumbing his nose in the face of science with ridiculous pseudoscience claims that could potentially endanger others, over 200,000 American citizens are now dead with the numbers climbing due to his inaction.
Statistics were not on Trumps side as he openly encouraged people to attend rallies without social distancing and other protective measures in place. He's now tested positive with the all too real possibility that prior to diagnosis, of having spread the virus to countless others through his selfishness and willful ignorance of scientific evidence.
Trump has brought this upon himself and he only has himself to blame due to his own arrogance and hubris. It's not the past lies that is the issue, but the fact is; in the future everything Trump states will be suspect and questioned just like the words of Conley, his supposed "Doctor", there is nothing transparent about that administration, the trust has long been destroyed and Pence helped drive the nail in the coffin of his Vice Presidential term. We need Biden and Harris to repair the damage done to our global reputation!
Is another four years of chaos, lies and deception from the TRUMP/PENCE Administration what we deserve as American Citizens?
Criminal Indictments by Administration
Donald Trump (so far) — 215
Richard Nixon — 76
George W. Bush — 16
Bill Clinton — 2
Jimmy Carter — 1
Barack Obama — 0
Someone said here in the comments that they're going to quit contributing to PBS because they've gone political. I'm guessing that they're not only someone who rarely watches PBS, but also probably not a contributor in the first place.
If they were, they'd already know that
a large portion of PBS journalism is and always has been political coverage. This is nothing new.
What is new is the choice of the Frontline producers to release these unedited background interviews which show how Frontline developed the story and where they got their information.
Independent political coverage by journalists is an important public service and a hallmark of a healthy democracy. How else could you be informed? How else could your public servants be held accountable?
If you're like most of us, you can't just stroll over to Capitol Hill, knock on a few senators doors and find out what's going on for yourself. Excepting a very select few of us, we either don't have the time, the money, or the influence to be able to do so. That means you have to rely on journalists- and hope that they're telling you everything they know; not just what they do or don't want you to hear.
In this format, with the accompanying interviews, you can get a sense of a broad and unfiltered range of viewpoints from the sources themselves on a given subject and interpret that information alongside, or independently of, the actual Frontline episode for yourself. Either way, you still get the raw information, just as PBS/Frontline received it.
I see that as honest journalism and an excellent reason to continue (or start) contributing to PBS.
Is she looking a teleprompter?
Not a believeable interview !
No more PBS contributions ! Sad to see the PBS became political channel.
Obama did nothing for the American people, Nobel peace Prize winner for being black.
Ok wow. This lady was born in Iran. How is that possible?! Look it up