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2008-03-30 -Obits-

Dith Pran, photojournalist (The Killing Fields)

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Posted by Mike 2008-03-30 10:15|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

#1 This guy was a real hero.
Too bad the MSM and the movie industry tried to play the killing fields as a surprise and the fault of the US.
Everyone knew in the late 60's and early 70's that Pol Pot's view of communism was very very far out there.
As far as the killing fields were concerned, even the National Geographic commented on the forced evacuation of Phenom Phen by the Khmer Rouge. The French, the Germans, the Brits and our own diplomats knew what was happening and the media wanted to ignore it. They had glamorized the Khmer Rouge and the Viet Cong for so long they just could not say anything negative about their little "revolutionary chic" darlings.

Another failure of objectivity by the media when the truth would have saved millions.

Dith Pran was a hero and should be remembered as a man who tried for years to get those mass murders publicized.

Posted by Sock Puppet of Texas 2008-03-30 11:22|| 2008-03-30 11:22|| Front Page Top