The Whistleblower Who Changed History

Published: June 23, 2023, 4 p.m.

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Daniel Ellsberg, the famed whistleblower who leaked the Pentagon Papers to the Washington Post, has died. On this week\\u2019s On the Media, hear about his life, how the Pentagon Papers made it to print, and the impact he had on generations of whistleblowers. Plus, the women who covered the War in Vietnam.

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1.\\xa0Tom Devine, legal director for the\\xa0Government Accountability Project,\\xa0on Daniel Ellsberg\'s legacy and the ways he changed public perception of whistleblowers in the U.S.\\xa0Listen.

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2.\\xa0Les Gelb, former columnist and former Defense Department official, on his experience leading the team that wrote the Pentagon Papers, subject\\xa0of the Hollywood drama, "The Post."\\xa0Listen.

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3.\\xa0Seymour Hersh,\\xa0on\\xa0how he broke the story of My Lai \\u2014 the massacre now regarded as the single most notorious atrocity of the Vietnam war.\\xa0Listen.

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4. Reporters\\xa0Kate Webb, Jurate Kazickas [@juratekazickas], and Laura Palmer on\\xa0how they covered the Vietnam War and why they went.\\xa0Listen.

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