Existing comment:
1950:
'Hard Bruising Truth'
In 1950, when Marquerite Higgins arrived in war-torn South Korea, there was virtually no censorship. But the military put restrictions in place after reporters wrote about panicked, ill-equipped and poorly trained US troops. Higgins responded:
So long as our government requires the backing of an aroused and informed public opinion ... it is necessary to tell the hard bruising truth. |