Americans despite the knowledge by government-industry-media insiders that it was harmful to the children and to many others. This insider knowledge and misconduct went on for most of a century, a stunning scandal.
Democracy in America is impaired by such an unholy collusion of government, industry and media; from this, we can learn to always be vigilant to question media-government messages, fight censorship, dig deeper for the truth, and cherish our basic freedom.
Let us celebrate now by seeing that, even in our very imperfect democracy, change is possible, and it can happen when people join together and persist in making it happen.