Guardians on trial the case against Canada's political leadership
by Anthony Hall
On This Page
Description
In September 1969, Michael Maclear, the first Western television journalist allowed inside North Vietnam, was in Hanoi for major Canadian and U.S. networks. He recounted in gripping detail how an entire population had been trained for generations in guerrilla combat. His reporting that the North was motivated more by nationalism than Marxism was highly controversial.Later Maclear was taken blindfolded to a Hanoi prison for captive U.S. pilots, some of whom condemned the war. Nixon's White show more House said the Canadian reporter was duped, and Maclear's own network questioned him in those terms on air. Later, the network found reason to dismiss Maclear as a foreign correspondent.Recently, Maclear returned to Vietnam and interviewed surviving key figures from the war. In this book he includes startling new information on guerrilla tactics and delivers an impassioned argument for the necessity of journalistic impartiality and integrity. 02 02 Michael Maclear was the first Western television journalist admitted into wartime North Vietnam. He found himself caught in a terrible contradiction: Hanoi didn't censor his reporting, but a nervous CBC distrusted him, the RCMP and the Pentagon interfered, and President Nixon said he was "duped." Michael Maclear was the first Western television journalist admitted into wartime North Vietnam. He found himself caught in a terrible contradiction: Hanoi didn't censor his reporting, but a nervous CBC distrusted him, the RCMP and the Pentagon interfered, and President Nixon said he was "duped.". show lessTags
Members
- Recently Added By
Author Information
4 Works 47 Members
Classifications
- Genres
- Politics and Government, Nonfiction, Economics, Business
- DDC/MDS
- 351.71 — Society, government, & culture Public administration & military science Public administration North America [Formerly: Property and financial management and related topics; administration of public safety and related fields] Financial administration
- LCC
- JL86 .P64 .G82 — Political Science Political institutions and public administration (Canada, Latin America, etc.) Political institutions and public administration Canada
- BISAC
Statistics
- Members
- 3
- Popularity
- 4,751,208
- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 2
