Word: fulbrighters
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...honest among them think the job is being done badly. The sins of commission & omission they cite make a long list. Instead of reporting, they say, an increasing number of newsmen are taking sides and slanting stories, e.g., forming a protective ring around Arkansas' likable Senator William Fulbright to keep him out of hot water by not reporting his indiscreet frankness...
Arkansas' William Fulbright pressed Bradley about J.C.S. messages sent to MacArthur after the first Chinese attack, expressing concern about the way his X Corps on the eastern flank was getting separated from the Eighth Army...
Look Out. "Now," said Fulbright, "I would interpret that as a warning to him that 'you had better look out. It looks to us at least as if your flanks are exposed.' Is that a correct interpretation...
...FULBRIGHT: "Well, that was proved to be a complete misjudgment because they did take advantage of that situation, did they not?" Said Bradley: "Yes, they did." FULBRIGHT : "... As a result... we suffered our heaviest casualties of this war?" BRADLEY: "Well, Senator, it is hard to sit back here and say how many of those lost were due to the fact that the right flank was exposed or how many of them were due to the fact that the Chinese hit him harder than he expected. I think it is a little bit unfair for me to sit here...
...iron curtain is lowered . . . then it becomes a question as to whether ... or not we do not have a responsibility to go back [to the Senate] and report that under the conditions we face we may not be able to carry out [our] obligation." Arkansas' Democrat William Fulbright retorted: "I hope the Senator has not decided to sabotage or destroy this hearing simply because the evidence now being presented does not support General MacArthur...