Last month a small town American newspaper，the Toledo Blade，shocked the international journalism community by its expose of war crimes against civilians committed by America’s elite “Tiger Force” during the Vietnam War. The brutality of the crimes and indifference to murder of Vietnamese civilians scandalized the international community. But despite the enormity of the actual atrocities，what most shocked veteran journalists was how such a huge investigation involving hundreds of victims，requiring an enormous amount of manpower，money and resources had been scooped by a small town paper with its meager circulation of 150，000. The “Tiger Force” massacre and cover-up story seemed like a project more fitting for big rich media like Time Magazine or “60 minutes”. It appears in this incident，a bigger richer media does not necessarily mean a better media.
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