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Watching the national news and cable news programs today might provide some indication. I'll try to provide a report on my perspective tomorrow after a little research.
The NBC Nightly News didn't mention the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Midway....
Of course not-That would show America in a patriotic light. Of course they will brow-beat us over the Japanese internment, the dropping the bombs on Japan, and other things NBC puts out as a shameful period of American history.
I don't get the "anniversary" part. I read history every single day - and as much as I can. Something BIG happened almost every hour of every day in history. It depends on where you were.
We need to focus more on the LESSONS of history than on the "only mark the occasions you could make a movie about" scenarios.
History is very different than most people understand. I think I gave up on Americans and general world knowledge when a majority couldn't find Iraq or Afghanistan or Syria on a world map. If that's the case, we are in the wrong debate club.
Worse yet, it seems like some of you are "rating" news sources based on what they report or not concerning a certain anniversary of an event. It might be fine for a history buff or an optional article...but, as I said before, LOTS of stuff happened every day or hour at that point in history. Much of it could have changed the course of history.
Why not discuss the lessons?
1. Japan had become an authoritarian nation where the people believed in God (the Emperor) and did as they perceived he wanted. Let that be a lesson for ALL of us against being part of the Mob or GroupThink.
2. I would mention that Japanese Imperialism was not a great idea - but I would feel like a hypocrite since we created our nation largely by either taking over or controlling adjacent lands which were not originally our (Mexico, Florida, Central America, Hawaii, etc.).
So Imperialism is bad for the loser and good for the winner.
3. Never tug on Superman's cape. If a country has 20X the resources as yours, don't pick a fight.
Mostly #1. Anytime a mob of people (including Americans) start thinking they are blessed or so much better than everyone else, trouble is not far away.
The only salvation of the USA is to think different. Each of us. This includes not measuring whether a news service prints a story you want or don't want. That sounds more like political correctness. I'm sure the South here wants to have articles about the War of Northern Aggression....certain battles and wins. How about a Bull Rum article on every 5 year anniversary. The Union troops got routed on that one, right?
Watching the national news and cable news programs today might provide some indication. I'll try to provide a report on my perspective tomorrow after a little research.
A search of the NY Times website suggests that the national newspaper of record missed the anniversary.
Does anybody else have a local take?
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Originally Posted by ELOrocks17
Of course not-That would show America in a patriotic light. Of course they will brow-beat us over the Japanese internment, the dropping the bombs on Japan, and other things NBC puts out as a shameful period of American history.
I seem to recall virtually every major news channel and newspaper running countless articles about the 75th anniversary of Pearl Harbor just a few months ago.
Also, the article about Wade McClusky was published in my local newspaper - Newsday - this morning
Yes people are generally history challenged. Schools don't prioritize it and the general public isn't particularly interested. Sad but true. That said, there is more history out there than anyone, historians included, can absorb. I love history and read it all the time yet there are topics for which I know little to nothing. Some aspects of history interest me more than others.
Yes. The history taught in schools and often in movies and TV shows is biased towards America and her interests.
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