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In reply to the discussion: Martin Luther King, Jr. (with compatriots) take over a private building in Chicago in 1965. [View all]Starry Messenger
(32,342 posts)40. It was Catherina who tipped me off to the negativity of print journalism to
the Civil Rights era. She mentioned that NYT in particular was very bad in that regard. It wasn't until after the late 60's that the editors changed their tune a bit and walked back their reactionary stance on supporting Civil Rights.
You are right though, these days no sector of the media is doing its job to report what is actually going on.
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Luminous Animal
Feb 2012
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Wow those newspaper clippings sound alot like some of the posts on this site over the past few days.
limpyhobbler
Feb 2012
#1
It really is something. If Dr. King were alive today, he would be 83 years old.
limpyhobbler
Feb 2012
#14
Yes it is. But when people do not take the time to learn, we get the kind of nonsense we
sabrina 1
Feb 2012
#28
According to one letter writer, King was "undermining our society of law and order."
Luminous Animal
Feb 2012
#8
William F. Buckley's heirs are probably too ashamed to reprint his screeds on MLK.
Starry Messenger
Feb 2012
#10
I've got a few of those bookmarked on my home computer. What a cretin Buckley was.
Luminous Animal
Feb 2012
#13
Fascinating to read those articles. And to think it is not that long ago that people actually
sabrina 1
Feb 2012
#34
It was Catherina who tipped me off to the negativity of print journalism to
Starry Messenger
Feb 2012
#40
In which a letter writer that King's plan to occupy Washington DC is the wrong tactic...
Luminous Animal
Feb 2012
#11
No. He did not merely focus on them in speeches. He also led and participated
Luminous Animal
Feb 2012
#22
?? Are you at all familiar with this movement? Millions of people around the globe,
sabrina 1
Feb 2012
#30
Cool! And Occupy Chicago had a teach-in about MLK's campaign against slums...
Luminous Animal
Feb 2012
#23
Another thing it appears many people here are not aware of, the 'teach-ins' that take place
sabrina 1
Feb 2012
#35
People could look a little deeper at what the occupiers were trying to do taking over the
limpyhobbler
Feb 2012
#36
Check out Argentina, where they did the same thing. This is not a new tactic at all, and in
sabrina 1
Feb 2012
#31
Politicians did nothing about foreclosures. Millions of people are and have lost their homes
sabrina 1
Feb 2012
#49