It has been more than 20 years after the world was shocked by the mass murder-suicide in the supposedly utopian community known as Jonestown that was headed by Jim Jones - but questions still linger:
How and why did 913 people die there?
Some people believe that the answers may lie in the more than 5,000 pages of information the U.S. government has kept secret.
Only a few people survived.
Now, CNN special correspondent Soledad O'Brien has their untold stories in a special program, "CNN Presents: Escape from Jonestown."
Only a few people survived.
Now, CNN special correspondent Soledad O'Brien has their untold stories in a special program, "CNN Presents: Escape from Jonestown."
Watch Nov. 13 at 9 p.m. ET
3 comments:
Dear Ms O'Brien,
Thank you for your outstanding broadcast re:jim jones.
My only objection is to one of the survivor's remarks re no one cares about the unknown children. I was 29 and living in SF at that time in 1978. I was just shocked and appalled when it happened. It was followed in several days by an assasination in SF of both Mayor Moscone and Supervisor Milk. Maybe some things fell thru the cracks re the unknown children. I am sorry or that. One thing I do remember is-- that at that particular moment of Jonestown massacre-- all my friends and associates could not understand anyone following any leader blindly--no matter how depressed one could be over money, etc.
You pointed out in your great show, that we are doomed to repeat ourselves--per Jim Jones, please remind ALL Americans that our new President-Elect Obama(Go Obama) is not the Messiah and we must not become blind no matter how much we think of him and his talent for solving our unique challenges. The price of living in a free society is taking on personal responsibility for the decisions we make individually. Pls Stop the blame game. Thank You again for an outstanding special I will recommend it to others, and I will watch it again--very interesting and informative. Marilyn
Did CNN send you on this well beaten path of journalistic inquiry to take you away from your poor performance in covering the election?
In particular, your slanted agenda setting questioning about Governor Sarah Palin's supposedly cutting funding by 62% for special needs children, which exemplified yourself as a second rate reporter.
The fact that Governor Palin actually increased spending 175% is either a clear error on your part or just a refutation of your blantant hretorical bias in your so-called-professional abilities.
I imagine someone will deny this from being posted, which will do nothing but furtehr validate the statements above. If not, we look forward to your comments on this matter.
The Jonestown program was well done. I don't see that it has any connection to previous reporting on the presidential campaign - but, as long as it has been brought up...
Palin has shown support for special needs children like her own child. That's understandable, but basically a special interest.
from http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5h21ZbzgPbTVRftcJPT5vkHkonY5QD9412GGG2
"Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin pledged Friday to shift billions of dollars to programs for children with special needs and assured their families they will have a friend in the White House if she is elected.
Palin herself has a special-needs child, a son born six months ago with Down syndrome. She did not cite which federal programs might be called on to give up $45 billion over five years to meet her proposal to fully fund the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
"We've got a $3 trillion budget, and Congress spends some $18 billion a year on earmarks for political pet projects," Palin told an audience that included families with special-needs children and service providers. "That's more than the shortfall to fully fund the IDEA. And where does a lot of that earmark money end up? It goes to projects having little or nothing to do with the public good."
However, Republican presidential candidate John McCain has said that ending the use of earmarks — special funding requests placed into bills by lawmakers for back-home projects — would be a tool for balancing the budget.
Palin has criticized earmarks as a vice presidential candidate, but as governor she has requested $750 million in such special funding."
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