[ ] media under pressure By Christopher Hennessy
Americans everywhere huddle around radios to hear each word of President Roosevelt’s speech on the ‘day of infamy’ — December 7, 1941. § Black protesters in the South are attacked by police dogs and hosed down with high-pressure jets of water. § John F. Kennedy Jr. is captured forever as the young boy solemnly saluting his father’s coffin. § The space shuttle Challenger explodes before our eyes. § ‘Smart bombs’ are caught in infrared as they streak into Iraqi military targets. § The grinning visages of a couple of boys named Derek and Dylan become fixtures on national television after they shoot 12 people at their Colorado high school. § We depend on journalists to bring us the stories that describe and explain some of our nation’s darkest moments. It is exactly at
A CENTURY OF CRISES AND HOW AMERICAN JOURNALISTS HAVE HELD UP
WINTER 2002 EXPRESSION
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