Listen to a speech on media coverage of the FTAA protests given at the Project Censored Conference on April 30th, 2001. Kerrey, media, and Vietnam Apparitions of innocence By Norman Solomon Media commentators are split about Bob Kerrey and what happened 32 years ago in the Vietnamese village of Thanh Phong.
Some journalists seem eager to exonerate the former senator.
Others appear inclined to turn him into a lightning rod for national guilt. Syndicated columnists have been a bit unpredictable. Even at this late date, we need to know the answer. The punditry duo on the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer condemned the Times as terribly unfair to Kerrey. Similar noises, on Fox News Sunday, came from the host of NPR's Talk of the Nation, Juan Williams, who claimed that reporters were giving Kerrey shabby treatment.