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Episode #182 -- Oklahoma City Bombing

Episode #182 -- Oklahoma City Bombing

Update: 2015-04-19
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Sunday, April 19, 2015.  Twenty years ago today, a truck bomb destroyed the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, taking over 160 lives in the worst domestic terrorism incident in United States history.  I share my own memory of that day, discuss the immediate reactions of the news media, and offer a caution about our perceptions of terrorism in this country.


Special thanks to Joe Medina for his memories of watching CNN that day, and to Gordon Skene of the website Past Daily, for copies of radio newscasts covering the first hours after the bombing.  


 

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Episode #182 -- Oklahoma City Bombing

Episode #182 -- Oklahoma City Bombing