I think that people either forget or have never been told that the United States was deeply anti-Semitic (and still is) during this time period. That probably has a lot to do with the fact that coverage of World War II was mainly focused on the fact that Germany was trying to control the globe. Who cares if the leader of Germany hates Jews as long as he doesn't invade everyone! (Insert eye roll.) The laws enacted against Jewish people in Germany and invaded countries were just simply not a source of concern for the United States. Once there was absolutely no denying that the genocide of thousands of people took place, the media half heartedly called for something to be done. (But made no effort to do something.) They limited the amount of refugees coming in, and also got in cahoots with other countries to steal land from Palestine and create a country just so they wouldn't have Jewish people coming into their country. (I have a whole paragraph of opinion about this, but this isn't the time or place.)

The fact of the matter is, the United States did not cover the Holocaust in a factual and unbiased manner. They did not care what was happening to people as a whole. If they had covered this and taken these reports coming out of these places seriously, something could have been done to save plenty of people. Aid could have been given to people who were displaced and suffering effects of malnourishment and other diseases. The United Stated media in this time period was pathetic in this regard, and I see a lot of the same kind of nonsense throughout history. As a nation, we are so happy to turn a blind eye to things we do not want to talk about or be involved in, but happy to stick our noses where they are not welcome if it furthers our agenda. It's sad, really. It's terrible that so many people thought that their troubles were being reported to these great superpowers and that they were going to come save them while they wasted away and wondered if today would be the day they would die. It's gross.

Pick this book up, because this is an important thing to know and understand about media coverage of events like this.