The Power of Photographs and the Truth That Threatens Dictators

The Power of Photographs and the Truth That Threatens Dictators

Author: Burt Cohen July 14, 2025 Duration: 54:48
Portrait of a man blindfolded with fabric over his eyes.

It’s called airbrushing history and all dictators do it to erase the truth. Sometimes it can be petty. One example is that Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon deleted photos that were on their website of the first black military pilots during WWII,

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