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At the time most people had very limited knowledge of the effect of nuclear weapons. Parts of the government wanted the public to think that survivability of a nuclear attack at the time was much more likely and probable than the reality that then existed. At the behest of these government agencies, advice like this was typical of what the media were publishing at the time.


Breslin was criticized in a Federal report for his alarmist news coverage of the Three Mile Island nuclear mishap:


Roosevelt was preparing to suggest government regulation of large corporations and trusts. See Theodore Roosevelt {42023}