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Congressman from georgia. >> i'm roger mud. nbc news, washington. the united states today accused the soviet union of shooting down a korean airline jumbo jet carrying 269 including congressman larry mcdonald of georgia and perhaps 30 other americans. there are not thought to be any survivors. the airliner which originated in new york was on a flight from anchorage, alaska, to seoul, south korea. the u.s. claimed that soviet fighters tracked the korean 747 for more than 2 hours as it swerved off course and wandered in and out of soviet airspace. >> the president was first informed the korean p...

That was 1983. one of the passengers onboard that plane that was shot down was a u.s. congressman named lawrence mcdonald. congressman from georgia. >> i'm roger mud. nbc news, washington. the united states today accused the soviet union of shooting down a korean airline jumbo jet carrying 269 including congressman larry mcdonald of georgia and perhaps 30 other americans. there are not thought to be any survivors. the airliner which originated in new york was on a flight from anchorage, alaska, to seoul, south korea. the u.s. claimed that soviet fighters tracked the korean 747 for more than 2 ...

One of the passengers onboard that plane that was shot down was a u.s. congressman named lawrence mcdonald. congressman from georgia. >> i'm roger mud. nbc news, washington. the united states today accused the soviet union of shooting down a korean airline jumbo jet carrying 269 including congressman larry mcdonald of georgia and perhaps 30 other americans. there are not thought to be any survivors. the airliner which originated in new york was on a flight from anchorage, alaska, to seoul, south korea. the u.s. claimed that soviet fighters tracked the korean 747 for more than 2 hours as it swe...

Honorable intent, so of course everybody's a bunch of lying criminals. and that's too cynical. >> part of the legacy, no one could believe they kept deep flo throat such a secret for so long. >> you get the last word. >> i'm reminded, just throw out a few names that people trusted. the countries trusted. walter cronkite. roger mud. tom brokaw. john chancellor. those are old style reporters. i mean, country didn't know -- was a cripple. because the press didn't say it. why can't we trust the people doing this today and the reason you can't is because it's 24/7. >> the fact of the papering of th...