MyNDTALK When Truth Mattered Robert Giles

Published: May 1, 2020, midnight

When Truth Mattered\xa0is a gripping, authoritative account of a young editor and his staff painstakingly pursuing the truth of the Kent State shootings on May 4, 1970 \u2013 a tragedy that has haunted the nation for 50 years and significantly changed the debate about the Vietnam War.\xa0\n\nThe editor, Robert Giles, takes you inside the turmoil and drama of the Akron Beacon Journal newsroom on that fateful day, and on campus at Kent State University, a Midwestern college under siege. Robert\xa0provides an urgent lesson for today: What is the role of truth in media? Can you trust the news that you\u2019re hearing and seeing? If not, how do you equip yourself?\xa0When Truth Mattered\xa0shows how journalism was done right \u2026 and how those standards must still be applied today.