Reporter Reflects on Leftist Hopes of Newspaper Publisher


You might think media bias is a new thing, but a 40 year confession of a newspaper reporter gives us a peek behind the curtain as to how horribly biased newspapers have been for nearly a half century. Martin Dyckman, a former reporter for the leftist St. Petersburg Times, reminisces about the day he read over the wire that John F. Kennedy had been killed in Dallas.

The St. Petersburg Times newsroom was in controlled pandemonium. I don’t recall whether I handled any assassination copy that day; more likely, I was editing state and local news. But I was standing at the teletype when the first flash came in that a suspected Marxist, Lee Harvey Oswald, was being held in connection with the shooting. Times Publisher Nelson Poynter was standing nearby when I announced that.

His face fell.

"Oh, no," he said. "I was hoping it would be a right-winger."

That's right. He wasn't angry that a student of oppression tried to destroy this nation. He was disappointed that the President of the United States wasn't killed by a conservative, stealing an opportunity to fuel conservative hate. Some things never change.


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I remember hearing that in last weeks American Experience on PBS

I remember hearing that in last weeks American Experience on PBS and I thought to myself that is why you have all these conspiracy theories, the left just can't deal with the fact the a lefty assassinated  Kennedy.

The Kennedy Assassination: Beyond Conspiracy

Anyone who still thinks there is a conspiracy needs to watch this video.

The Kennedy Assassination: Beyond Conspiracy (Video) (1hr 28min) 

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Leftists are truly vile

Leftists are truly vile sacks of skin filled with hatred. 

"Beauty is only skin deep, but liberal's to the bone." - me

Wow...some things never

Wow...some things never change is right...a miracle we heard about this tidbit at all.

Speaking of some things never change...well, this gal has, when convenient for herself financially/politically/msms star whore-ship wise...just thought I would throw this in here..she and all her ilk seem to fit so well.

The left really doesn't know what true happiness is...they are incapable of it, pathetic little critters.

"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh

Righties Unite!

Righties don't need to assisinate. we believe Majority rules (unlike all the F**'s in California).

We don't beleive that the Minority should rule the Majority. That's what been wrong in the last 6 presidents.

The minorities cry wolf everytime the Majority speaks. But forget they are the wolves in sheeps clothing.

Whitewalled Leftest wannabies will make a nice BBQ down at the Lake of fire eternity picnic party.

Poltergeists

Remember the movie Poltergeist? The troubles started when they tried to build a suburb over a graveyard. The spirits kept fighting their way to the surface, escaping the boxes they had been buried in.

The liberals were buried by Reagan, but now they're starting to escape their boxes. All of the liberal poltergeists are starting to swoop around the political suburb.

Lefties

As I have been posting for a long time, the "liberalism" of today began its rise decades ago in America. And, as can be documented in books such as Witness by Whitaker Chambers, the left has won. He wrote over fifty years ago that they've won. He warned that it will only get worse as the years go by. The election of Barry Obama is the culmination of the decades-long work of the left-wing "liberals" (commnists) in America and around the world. George Soros, for one, has bought this nation. Obama lied about many things in the campaign, but he told the truth when he said his administration will "change" America.The left-wing ideology trumps EVERYTHING---truth and justice being the tip of the iceberg. For example, in the past two years freedom of the press finallly died. Any semblance of fairness was cast aside. But even that wouldn't have worked on an educated public. Instead, the most ignorant population in our history voted without any knowledge of the issues or the candidates. And not the least of the causes of this ignorance has been years of deliberately "dumbing down" the population. More is on the way as big government and big media rule almost every aspect of the lives of American citizens. As we've seen, corrruption will be ignored and quite possibly rewarded. Moreover, most Americans will welcome it. They've walked sheepishly into the slaughterhouse and they will not come out. Those who protest will be but voices in the wilderness. Those who protest loudly enough will be silenced. Sad.

NEVER,NEVER trust a "liberal"

ives... They simply

ives...

They simply followed a long range plan, and it worked. The stupid thing about is... we knew what they were doing all along. Here's the proof... American Communist Education - Special Edition w/Video

 

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CT

Right, CT. Their plan has worked just as they said it would. And yes, we did know about it all along. But just as Whitaker Chambers was lured into being a Communist, until one day he saw the light, millions have been lured by the sirens of modern "liberalism" with its false message. On the surface, it's seems so easy to give up your individuality and join the collective group. But once you do that, you've lost your soul. America lost its soul and its identity quite some time ago. I think it will be searching for them for many years to come. Unfortunately, it may never find them again.

NEVER,NEVER trust a "liberal"

ives... I completely

ives...

I completely agree. I guess I will go to my grave fighting against the enemy from within. Maybe someday down the road it will pay off for my Granddaughter.

American Communist Education - Special Edition w/Video

 

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I may live in Michigan, CT

But I believe in New Hampshire's "Live Free or Die" motto.

you forgot one thing...

They need 100% compliance or their cause is futile. They need total control and even if 1% doesn't believe in it, they've still lost.

The American Revolution started out with a 30% approval.  Nearly 50% of the voting population said no to Obama. Seems like better odds. I know it's going to be hard, but nothing ever worth it is ever easy.

We should stop wringing our hands and get to work. I plan on writing to my representatives. Now, you may ask, "What's the point?", but that cynicsm does get you into nothing. If you don't say nothing you KNOW nothing won't get done. If you say something, at least there is a chance something WILL get done. Decades of "why bother" have also caused this.

“You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.” ~ Winston Churchill

JFK Killer was....

JFK's killer was a disgruntled democrat turned communist just like a large percentage of today so called democrats. The CPUSA has simply molded into, and been accepted by,  the democrat party.

I even remember exactly where I was when it happened. Deadwood S.D. on the way to Minot N.D.

 

Old, Retired and glad of it.

Liberals cannot accept the reality about JFK

That he was killed by a communist:

The Kennedy Assassination: Beyond Conspiracy (Video) (1hr 28min)  

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