September 19th
The Rosenbergs
It was 1953, and America was entering the post-war boom. The newspapers of the day were filled with stories related to the "trial of the century" (or at least the "trial of the century' for that year) over Judith and Ethel Rosenberg. The Rosenberg's were accused of passing off atomic secrets to the Soviets from their work at Los Alamos in Mexico.
The liberal media (although their liberal bias wasn't known then) made the Rosenbergs, their cause celeb. The media were relentless in their defense of the Rosenbergs. Per the media, the trial was nothing more than a "witch hunt" by an abusive government that was turning Fascist. In fact, Julius Rosenberg was quoted as saying, "We are the first victims of American Fascism". The liberal elite, and the college professors ate this up.
The Rosenbergs were found guilty of spying and were executed. For the liberal elite, the Rosenbergs simply became martyrs of Republicanism. In fact, today, you won't find a text book (written by those same professors) that refers to the guilt of the Rosebergs, only to the unjust persecution.
Well, the books will have to be rewritten. In the past few years, evidence has begun to emerge that the Rosenbergs may have passed on some secrets to the Soviets. But the media elite and university types continued their defense. Amazingly, they retreated to a position of "Okay, Rosenberg's might have passed secrets, but the information was of no real value to the Soviets")
Even that apologist position has now been blown away. In the last few days, the Rosenberg's co-conspirator, Martin Sobel (who's now in his 90's) has come forward to confess that he and the Rosenbergs were responsible for delivering critical drawings and plans that allowed the Soviets to catch the US in the nuclear race.
You probably didn't read too much about the confession in the media, as it's an embarrassing indictment of publications like the New York Times, and virtually every text and history book ever written.
It was 1953, and America was entering the post-war boom. The newspapers of the day were filled with stories related to the "trial of the century" (or at least the "trial of the century' for that year) over Judith and Ethel Rosenberg. The Rosenberg's were accused of passing off atomic secrets to the Soviets from their work at Los Alamos in Mexico.
The liberal media (although their liberal bias wasn't known then) made the Rosenbergs, their cause celeb. The media were relentless in their defense of the Rosenbergs. Per the media, the trial was nothing more than a "witch hunt" by an abusive government that was turning Fascist. In fact, Julius Rosenberg was quoted as saying, "We are the first victims of American Fascism". The liberal elite, and the college professors ate this up.
The Rosenbergs were found guilty of spying and were executed. For the liberal elite, the Rosenbergs simply became martyrs of Republicanism. In fact, today, you won't find a text book (written by those same professors) that refers to the guilt of the Rosebergs, only to the unjust persecution.
Well, the books will have to be rewritten. In the past few years, evidence has begun to emerge that the Rosenbergs may have passed on some secrets to the Soviets. But the media elite and university types continued their defense. Amazingly, they retreated to a position of "Okay, Rosenberg's might have passed secrets, but the information was of no real value to the Soviets")
Even that apologist position has now been blown away. In the last few days, the Rosenberg's co-conspirator, Martin Sobel (who's now in his 90's) has come forward to confess that he and the Rosenbergs were responsible for delivering critical drawings and plans that allowed the Soviets to catch the US in the nuclear race.
You probably didn't read too much about the confession in the media, as it's an embarrassing indictment of publications like the New York Times, and virtually every text and history book ever written.
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