Ernie Pyle was a reporter for the Washing News, who won a Pulitzer Prize for his stories about ordinary soldiers fighting World War II. Ernie kept the United States government accountable on how the soldiers were truly treated during World War II. Ernie was a reporter, who built relationships with these soldiers and actually lived with the troops, to get a true understanding of what the lives were like …show more content…
With the government insisting that most, if not all, stories about the war would go through the Office of Censorship (OOC), it was difficult to write about something negative. The United States military’s main concern was to remove any information that could benefit or be useful to their enemies. This was new for some journalist to actually have their work censored, but the power of media portrayed soldiers like heros to the American people. When a tragedy strikes in the United States like 9/11 or Pearl Harbour. For the news media to motivate their listener is a task that must be done, and will benefit the United States in the long