Re: Gasp! For broadcast media, patriotism pays

["Dan Billings" <billings@suscom-maine.net>]

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From: "Paul Hopfgarten" <paul@03038.com>
To: <RadioTony@aol.com>; <bri@bostonradio.org>
Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2003 10:02 AM
Subject: RE: Gasp! For broadcast media, patriotism pays


> One thing I'd love to see is the history of peace protests (especially
WWII)
> in this country. I believe there were actually many protests prior to Dec
7
> 41 wanting the US to stay out of what was erroneously thought of as the
> "Europian war".

Now that would be a great angle for the story.  They could talk about the
anti-draft riots in New York during the Civil War and the America-First
movement that kept us out of World War II while Hitler marched across
Europe.  Yes, peace protestors have a "proud" history in America.

-- Dan Billings, Bowdoinham, Maine