Meanwhile Fred Hiatt is still obsessing about how to curtail civil liberties, make the poor's life more miserable, and which countries to bomb:
On Saturday, Robert G. Kaiser, a former managing editor at The
Washington Post and current associate editor and senior correspondent,
authored an op-ed describing how the paper "blew it."
Kaiser, who was then a summer intern, was one of 60 staffers assigned
to cover the 1963 March on Washington. Many people expected a riot.
When it didn't materialize, the paper was caught off-guard. While the
lead story stressed that participants had remained 'orderly,' it failed
to mention King or his history-making speech:
In that paper of Aug. 29, 1963, The Post published two dozen
stories about the march. Every one missed the importance of King’s
address. The words “I have a dream” appeared in only one, a wrap-up of
the day’s rhetoric on Page A15 — in the fifth paragraph. We also printed
brief excerpts from the speeches, but the three paragraphs chosen from
King’s speech did not include “I have a dream.”
In comparison, the New York Times led with "I have a dream" on its front cover. Reporter James Reston wrote that King "touched all the themes of the day, only better than anybody else."
Rising Hegemon
4 comments:
Once the WaPos under new ownership starts apologizing for its past sins, it will never catch up.
Let me help. Through the miraculous intercession of St. Salieri, I proclaim unto that sorry rag, "But fire every last clown, and you are forgiven all past faults and transgressions, even the most grievous. Ego te absolvo. Sin no more, and avoid the near occasions of sin."
The power of the media to shape perceptions is all too obvious in that bit of history. In a way, it doesn't surprise me that a Washington paper, embedded in the culture of the Middle South, would take that sort of editorial approach.
Just as it does not surprise me today that the WaPoo continues to lick the asses of power and money.
http://mediamatters.org/blog/2009/09/15/like-the-iraq-war-thank-the-washington-post/154597
at least they admit they didn't do right.
i was using the old life magazine my grandma hoarded for a history class. i found the issue covering the killing of malcolm x as was shocked at how little they gave it.
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