Imagine if during WW II we had this type of traitors in the media reporting about the casualties we suffered during the Normandy Invasion or Iwo Jima. I would think that half of the US would be now speaking German and the other half would be speaking Japanese.
Yup, it was precisely because Roosevelt knew the real face of war if not kept in its proper perspective, and when has the irresponsible and tabloidish media EVER portrayed anything in its proper perspective, could be used to cause an already unsure American public to turn against our involvement in an overseas war. Americans were reluctant to get involved in WW2, though yes Pearl Harbor changed a lot of minds. But Roosevelt I think discerned early on their commitment might well be expended by an irresponsible media misportrayal of the war, just like the hatched job the Clown Car Media has done on the Iraq campaign. Rumsfeld and the Administration should have forseen this coming. Granted the Clown Car Media would have gone ballistic, but who cares?