I recently watched Ken Burns’ documentary on the Roosevelts. Very fascinating. I learned quite a lot. I have a lot of respect for Teddy’s conservation efforts. But not his imperialism. I have a lot of respect for FDR‘s guidance through the war. But not the depression. Of course I have no respect whatsoever for Eleanor.
In his 14-hour World War II film, “The War,” Burns completely ignored contributions of Hispanic veterans, who have won more Medals of Honor than any other ethnic group in proportion to their numbers involved. When outraged Hispanic groups asked private donors Anheuser-Busch and General Motors Corp. to end their sponsorship of the film, Burns insisted that re-editing the film was out of the question, with PBS defending him in the name of artistic freedom. Eventually some mention of Hispanic soldiers was added.
Author and journalist Raoul Lowery Contreras points out that Burns also ignored Hispanics in his special PBS series, “The Civil War,” although two of the very first Civil War Medal of Honor recipients were Hispanic. He similarly ignored Hispanics in “The Roosevelts,” even though Teddy Roosevelt’s favorite company commander, Maximiliano Luna, led the charge of Company A up San Juan Hill.
https://www.aim.org/special-report/ken-burns-student-of-history-or-left-wing-gasbag/