January 20, 2016
Historians of the First Amendment, and of press freedom in the United States, will see Washington’s effort to shut down …
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November 29, 2015
On February 27, 1968, Walter Cronkite declared during a television broadcast that the Vietnam war was not worth it. The effect of that statement on the country was unmistakable. People trusted his judgment, and had no reason to think he would say anything other than the truth. If he was a national father figure, he was also a national conscience.
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