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Nov 2024
38m 11s

Operation Tailwind: Valley of Death

Wondery | Ballen Studios
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It’s 1998 and CNN produces a documentary blowing the lid off of one America's most secret military operations in the Vietnam war, Operation Tailwind. But after the documentary airs, the news organization quickly learns that they got the story wrong. How does one of America’s most trusted names in news release such a flawed report? How did it impact the military? And why does one journalist still stand behind the story?

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