New York Times has deja vu 'all over again Cant get Battle Report Right

Deja vu for the New York Times. Can't get battle report right for the second time.

(PRWEB) Sept. 1, 2005 -- It was deja vu 'all over again for the New York Times on September 1st. The year was 1862 and the paper proclaimed a great victory for Federal forces at Bull Run. It was in actuality a humiliating defeat. Just a year and a month previous the paper did the same thing at the first battle at Bull Run pronouncing a great victory for Federal forces. The following day it was forced to recant, admitting to a 'National Disaster." South of the Mason-Dixon Line, the Charleston Mercury, the Times arch-opposite in the war, exulted in the victory as it did the year previous.

Such is the contrast in Times of the Civil War(ISBN 1420806945) authored by Don Bracken.

Contrasting the reportage of the opposing newspapers in juxtaposition to the analysis of the modern-day historian, the reader is able to see and understand what their antecedents saw and felt as the war unfolded. The book also serves as a springboard for the modern reader who may wonder how their descendants one hundred fifty years ahead may view the coverage of the war in Iraq.

During the Civil War the news writers labored under an anonymity that todays writers do not have," said Don Bracken. When historians look back at our current era in history, the writers and high profile commentators who ended up on the wrong side" whatever that may be, may well have their names draped in infamy. Whether they are aware of it or not, they will probably be judged by history in some manner. "

Don Bracken is Senior Editor of History Publishing Company, a firm dedicated to the study of history through modern technology. In addition to Times of the Civil War, he also co-edited the acclaimed Civil War Historyscope Series used in classrooms across the nation.

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