16-08-2013, 03:12 PM
It's hard for people under the age of 50 today to realize how much trust and faith Americans had in the police, government, FBI, military, etc back then. It was totally misplaced trust, because those institutions have always been corrupt, but the power of propaganda back then was incredible. Most Americans got their information from newsreels shown in movie theaters, government training films, or very brief news reports on TV.