Why The Press Downplayed the 1918 Flu Listen Download Embed Share Share this on Facebook (Opens in a new window) Share this on Twitter (Opens in a new window) Share this via Email Camp Funston, at Fort Riley, Kansas, during the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic. ( Armed Forces Institute of Pathology/National Museum of Health and Medicine, distributed via the Associated Press ) Hosted by Brooke Gladstone Produced by WNYC Studios