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thucythucy

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1. In 1941 there was talk of turning William Shirer's best selling

Reply to appalachiablue (Original post)

Tue Mar 7, 2023, 08:32 PM

Mar 2023

book Berlin Diary into a movie.

Conservative in Congress freaked out that this was being unfair to the Nazis.

Shirer in his book complains several times about how the right wing owners of much of the American press refuse to allow accurate reporting on what was happening in Germany.

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Foreign Journalists in Nazi Germany Battled to Expose the Truth - Hitler, Loss of Democracy [View all] appalachiablue Mar 2023 OP

In 1941 there was talk of turning William Shirer's best selling thucythucy Mar 2023 #1

Guess the media is still governed by the right wing. They may have couched their position erronis Mar 2023 #2

Unfair?! RW influenced media existed then, & is still with us but less so I hope. Shirer appalachiablue Mar 2023 #3

If you haven't read it yet thucythucy Mar 2023 #4