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[https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/the-great-war-master-of-american-propaganda/ by Nicholas J. Cull PBS] | [https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/the-great-war-master-of-american-propaganda/ by Nicholas J. Cull PBS] | ||
In 1917, on the brink of the U.S. entry into the Great War, a man named George Creel wrote a letter to President Woodrow Wilson. Creel was a journalist who had dabbled in politics, most notably as the Commissioner of Police in Denver, where he earned national attention for his efforts to clamp down on police brutality and prostitution. He thought highly of Wilson. In 1912, Creel had campaigned for the future president in Colorado; in 1916, he’d written a book supporting his re-election. | In 1917, on the brink of the U.S. entry into the Great War, a man named George Creel wrote a letter to President Woodrow Wilson. Creel was a journalist who had dabbled in politics, most notably as the Commissioner of Police in Denver, where he earned national attention for his efforts to clamp down on police brutality and prostitution. He thought highly of Wilson. In 1912, Creel had campaigned for the future president in Colorado; in 1916, he’d written a book supporting his re-election. | ||
=====Explosive investigative report says U.S. government misled public on war in Afghanistan===== | |||
[https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/explosive-investigative-report-says-u-s-government-misled-public-on-war-in-afghanistan by PBS NEWS 9/12/19] | |||
In a blockbuster story representing the culmination of several years of investigation and pursuit of government documents, The Washington Post reports that U.S. officials have been misleading the American public about the war in Afghanistan for the past 18 years. | |||
