Who’s an ‘Enemy of the People?
By Bill Kovarik
Donald Trump claims that the press is the ‘enemy of the people.’ Let’s think about that.
Was Joe Rosenthal an ‘enemy of the people’ when he climbed Mount Suribachi on Iwo Jima and came back with a photo of the US Marines putting up the Stars and Stripes? The Associated Press photo ran in newspapers and magazines around the world on February 25, 1945. It became so iconic, so loaded with meaning about sacrifice and service, that it would be adopted as the Marine Corps monument in Washington DC. Think about that.
Was John Hersey an enemy of the people when he wrote about the heroic struggle of a PT Boat commander to save his crew after his boat was destroyed in Read More “Who’s an ‘Enemy of the People?”