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Article: Journalists and the A-bomb.((c) 2000, History News Service)
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- August 2, 2000
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Every August, the American news media note the anniversary of one of the most important events of the 20th century _ the atomic bombing of two Japanese cities.
Most reporters and commentators who write about Hiroshima and Nagasaki uncritically support the popular assumption that the use of atomic bombs was absolutely necessary to end the war and save American lives. Many journalists also proclaim the widely held but mistaken notion that only untrustworthy "revisionists" or members of the irresponsible 1960s generation have criticized the atomic bombings.
If the news media's uncritical acceptance of mass violence wasn't disturbing enough, its fondness for ...