The fake calm during the storm or life in America

Helen praises and recognizes journalists that she admires, in the last chapter. It's a long list of people, that I want to research and learn more about. I feel lucky that I was able to see and listen to Seymour Hersh speak at the beginning of this quarter. Hersh is an example of a watchdog journalist.
The deeper I get into journalism, the more I realize how little I know.
Helen's epilogue shows very well how she is upset with the current state of journalism and feels that younger journalists have no sense of history, and that may be true. But sometimes I feel that the older generation is living in the seventies or a different time. They are trying to use old solutions to new problems. It also seems that we are potentially repeating history. The Iraq war is embarrassingly similar to Vietnam. And who's fault is that? The younger generation or the older? The younger for not learning history? Or the Older for not learning from history? It seems to me that everyone, young or old, is potentially at fault. Except for the future generations who will have to live with the decisions we make. Journalists have the duty to keep people informed so they can be free.
I like the quotation from Abe Lincoln at the end of Thomas's book: "Let the people know the facts and the country will be safe."