Yesterday marked the 25th anniversary of the end of the historic British miners strike of 1984-85. The BBC has a special broadcast in commemoration, The Ballad of the Miners Strike, featuring the voices of miners.
But where can Americans turn for commemorations of our progressive history? There is always Howard Zinn’s excellent book, A People’s History of the United States. But turn on NPR, the closest thing the U.S. has to the BBC, and the closest you’ll get to the people’s history is the denunciation of Zinn.
Fox News Watchdog merely repeats Steve Rendall’s astute observation minus the by-line. What’s the point of the previous response?
Other blogs do this when they link to the FAIR content. You can see this in all the comments forums. Kind of like a “shout out”.