Bonus Video: Robert Scheer on soft-pedaling war's violence
Truthdig.com editor-in-chief, Robert Scheer, describes how the media learned how to downplay war's violence since Vietnam and how it's ability to tell hard truths about recent conflicts has been compromised by fear of upsetting powerful corporate and government interests.
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On the eve of this historic election, host Wendy Hanamura invites you to look back at bold election campaigns of the past, including the failed 1972 presidential campaign of George McGovern.
