Thursday June 4th was the 20th Anniversary of the slaughter of 2,000 Chinese students in Tienanmen Square. At the time of this event Tom Brokaw was the anchor on NBC Nightly News and his predecessor, John Chancellor had been pushed aside to do insightful commentary for a half minute every night.
Wise old John's take on the massacre? Sure, it wasn't good, but America's education system is far worse. Here is a jaw-dropping WTF moment from 20 years ago, courtesy of the Media Research Center.