On April 19, 1945 the New York Times published an obituary for nationally known war correspondent Ernie Pyle who “died today on Iejema Island, just west of Okinawa, like so many of the doughboys he had written about…killed instantly by Japanese machine-gun fire.” Pyle, the Times added, had become World War II’s beloved “chronicler of the average American soldier’s daily round, … [Read more...] about Wannabe heroics of O’Reilly and Williams
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When bullets fly: Hillary Clinton’s and Brian Williams’ tales of war
“The first casualty when war comes is truth.” - Hiram W. Johnson, U.S. Senator The former FLOTUS, Secretary of State and U.S. Senator and leading candidate for the Democratic nomination for the presidency in 2016 Hillary Clinton and Brian Williams, intrepid reporter and anchor for NBC’s Nightly News, ignored Johnson’s timeless admonition when it came to telling brief … [Read more...] about When bullets fly: Hillary Clinton’s and Brian Williams’ tales of war