August 20, 2007

It's Not Just Scott Beauchamp (II)

By Randall Hoven
[See also: It's Not Just Scott Beauchamp (I)]Without too much extra effort, it was fairly easy to add 21 more names to the "Media Hall of Shame" list, bringing the total to 83. With more effort, I'm sure the total list could easily double.  But I will stop here, for now anyway, because I think you get the idea (and this can be time consuming!).I need to acknowledge two corrections to the original list: it is "Rigoberta" Menchu, not "Rigoberto"; she is female.  Also, Ward Churchill resigned his position as the Ethnic Studies department chair in 2005, but was fired by Colorado University in 2007 after a more complete investigation. I should add that there were many "honorable mentions" that I was uncomfortable adding to the list.  Some cases, like the reporting of Walter Cronkite and others on the Viet Nam war, especially the Tet Offensive, reporting on Haditha, the Swift Boaters, etc., were just too complicated to...(Read Full Article)