http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/25223/all en http://archive2.mrc.org/biasalerts/pbs-doc-teddy-roosevelt-imperialist-killer-who-glorified-war <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/kyle-drennen">Kyle Drennen</a> </div> </div> </div> <p>During the first installment of PBS's <em>The Roosevelts: An Intimate History</em> on Sunday, historian Clay Jenkinson and former <em>Newsweek</em> editor turned historian Evan Thomas slammed Theodore Roosevelt as a bloodthirsty "imperialist" who promoted the "glorification of war" and built up a "cult" of personality. [<em>Listen to <a target="_blank" href="/sites/default/files/uploads/mp3/2014-09-14-PBS-TR-JenkinsonThomas.mp3">the audio</a></em>] <br /></p><div class='signature'><p>— Kyle Drennen is Senior News Analyst at the Media Research Center. <a href="http://www.twitter.com/kjdrennen" target="_blank">Follow Kyle Drennen on Twitter.</a></p></div><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/biasalerts/pbs-doc-teddy-roosevelt-imperialist-killer-who-glorified-war" target="_blank">read more</a></p> BiasAlerts News Analysis Division Clay Jenkinson Evan Thomas PBS Theodore Roosevelt Tue, 16 Sep 2014 19:44:10 +0000 kyle.drennen 47149 at http://archive2.mrc.org