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Article: Playing 'what if' with World War II.(On Television)
- Article from:
- The New Leader
- Article date:
- July 1, 2004
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IF FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT and Winston Churchill had to function in today's media atmosphere, the adverse public opinion being spawned would have prevented them from carrying on to victory in World War II--leaving at least half the world in the hands of Nazis and Fascists.
That charge, which has been rattling around in various forms at least since the first Gulf War, surfaced most recently during a week marked by the dedication of the World War II Memorial on the Washington Mall May 30 and the 60th anniversary of D-Day on June 6. Those who express the view, or something like it, are usually, but not always, from the Right. They range from television pundits to those ...