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[https://www.pbs.org/show/winning-the-war/ by PBS] | [https://www.pbs.org/show/winning-the-war/ by PBS] | ||
Eighty years after the Allied victory, Kansas City PBS examines the enduring legacy of World War II through the lens of Harry S. Truman of Independence, Missouri, and Dwight D. Eisenhower of Abilene, Kansas, whose leadership played decisive roles in ending the war. The film will include interviews with experts and veterans, as well as Eisenhower’s granddaughter and Truman’s grandson. | Eighty years after the Allied victory, Kansas City PBS examines the enduring legacy of World War II through the lens of Harry S. Truman of Independence, Missouri, and Dwight D. Eisenhower of Abilene, Kansas, whose leadership played decisive roles in ending the war. The film will include interviews with experts and veterans, as well as Eisenhower’s granddaughter and Truman’s grandson. | ||
=====Why is it that journalists aren't heroes anymore?===== | |||
[https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/newswar/tags/publicopinion.html by Earl Caldwell PBS] | |||
The public is not on our side, and I think that in the news media, one of the things is you have to have the public on your side. This is what the biggest difference is now for me. When we ended up going against the Black Panthers -- and in that period, the people used to be happy to see us coming as reporters, because they actually believe that we were going to be a part of telling some truth; that there were situations where I'd see us come onto a scene and people would actually applaud us. We were hero figures. You might say it's part of the last great time to be a reporter, especially a newspaperman, in America. But that is what's different. We don't have that kind of trust now. People don't hold us in that high regard. ... | |||
