LBJ Family, Former Staffers Enraged by Film
http://washingtontimes.com/national/20031119-104445-3097r.htm
JFK: A Presidency Revealed [QuickTime]
http://www.historychannel.com/jfk/
Company to do Computer Re-creation of Kennedy Assassination
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2003-11-19-jfk-recreate_x.htm
American Experience: The Kennedys
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/kennedys/index.html
Solving the Great American Murder Mystery: A National Symposium on the 40th Anniversary of the JFK Assassination
http://www.jfk.duq.edu/
The Capital Times: JFK's Personal Touch Won Wisconsin
http://www.madison.com/captimes/opinion/column/nichols/61638.php

This Saturday will mark the 40th anniversary of the assassination of John F. Kennedy, whose passing some say marked the end of a period of American innocence, and left many to this day wondering who was ultimately responsible for his death. Many Americans have vivid memories of what they were doing when he was killed, in the same way that many today remember where they were on September 11, 2001. Controversy continues to surround the death of John F. Kennedy, with a voluminous body of speculative research (and some pseudo-research) casting blame on an almost endless parade of supposed culprits and conspirators. These controversies flared anew this week as a recent television documentary that aired on the History Channel claimed that Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson and members of his staff were responsible for President Kennedy's demise in 1963. Several persons, including Tom Johnson (a former Johnson staff member) and Jack Valenti (also a former Johnson staff member and head of the Motion Picture Association of America), issued a joint statement this week in response to the documentary, stating: "Sadly, President Johnson and the staff members who are wrongly smeared by the conspiracy theorists are no longer alive to defend themselves. In televising this production, The History Channel has distorted history beyond recognition." [KMG]

The first link will take visitors to a news piece from the Washington Times about the controversial documentary that recently aired on the History Channel this past week. The second link leads to the website of this recent documentary, and includes several clips from the film along with other background materials. The third link leads to an interesting news story from USA Today that talks about a new computerized recreation of President Kennedy's assassination that was used in a recent television series on Court TV. The fourth link leads to the homepage of "The Kennedys," a recent documentary on PBS, released as part of the American Experience series. Here visitors can view an interactive Kennedy family tree, read an interview with JFK historian Robert Dallek, and browse a gallery of Kennedy family photographs. The fifth link leads to the homepage designed to provide information about an upcoming national symposium about the JFK assassination to be held at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh. The last and final link leads to an editorial by John Nichols of the Capital Times (Madison, WI) who remembers the special attention that Kennedy paid to the Dairy State on his arduous campaign trail, noting that "...it may be that John Kennedy will always remain the president this state knew best."