From the 1950s through the 1970s, televised Senate hearings played a major part in shaping public opinion on topics ranging from organized crime and alleged communist infiltration of federal agencies to the war in Vietnam and the Watergate...
TechCrunch can't claim the story needed to be given such a detailed and commented presentation a la the Pentagon Papers (where national secrets were published during the VietnamWar to disclose government errors and problems).
The folks over at Comedy Central should follow former Senator George Aiken's advice during the VietnamWar. Stephen Colbert's viewers, who have already been banned by Wikipedia, have now mastered the art of googlebombing.
For his part, Brandt's involvement in theorizing about (and sometimes participating in) conspiracy theories long predates Google; in one instance, he picks up on small mentions in Bill Clinton's inaugural address from 1992, enlarging them into a...
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ABMC War Dead http://www.abmc.gov/abmc4.htm The American Battle Monuments Commission also maintains a listing of those interred at the American military cemeteries overseas and those Missing in Action from World War I, World War II, Korea and...