The King Assassination and CNN Disinformation by Dr. William F. Pepper

As a friend and colleague of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., during the last year of his life, James Earl Ray’s attorney, for the last ten years of his life and, finally, lead Counsel for Dr. King’s family in the 1999 civil trial which brought forward evidence from 70 witnesses over 30 days in Memphis, I am compelled to comment, for the record, on the most recent documentary on the assassination by CNN which is being aired on an ongoing basis. The fact that my participation in the program was used to give it some credibility makes this comment even more relevant.

It is one matter to distort the truth of how this great American prophet was taken from us, but quite another to have mainstream media perpetuate disinformation on matters of such public importance to the citizens of the Republic. An expert witness, at the King family civil trial, William Schapp, set out the historical use of government disinformation through mainstream media, dating back to the 1920’s.

The first half of the program was dedicated to James and his background and history. While the program notably failed to provide a motive as to why this escaped convict would even consider such an act, and racism had been excluded by the earlier Congressional investigation, it was hinted at by a reference of his refusal to go to a work farm attached to the Missouri prison because of the number of blacks in that facility. In fact, James was afraid of becoming tied into drug activity which was going on there and having his term extended. He would regularly roll dice with black co-workers when he worked in a shoe factory.

The program went on to allege that he and his brother robbed a bank in Alton, Illinois, on July 12, 1967. This, allegedly, was the source of his funds, so he did not need the handler he identified as Raoul, who we would eventually identify. I don’t know the former detective they brought on camera, but closer to the time, 1978, I spoke with the president of the bank and the Chief of Police, and both told me that the Ray brothers had never been suspects, and in fact they believed that they knew who did the robbery, but did not have enough proof to charge them. Further, they confirmed that despite mainstream published reports they had never been interviewed by the Congressional investigators, the FBI or the reporting media’s investigative reporter. ...

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here's whats wrong with the news today, it's getting mixed with opinion and worse, bad opinions..........that's why I gave up watching CNN a long time ago..........right when their medical guy Gupta out and out lied to anyone watching about Universal Helth care in other countries. I know he later apologized but he knew what he was saying at the time was a lie........

Obama has pledged to keep the tax cuts in place for everyone except those making roughly $250,000 and up. He has also made proposals to cut taxes further for the middle class, some of which he reiterated in his speech: exempt seniors making less than $50,000 from having to pay income tax; give a tax credit worth up to $500 per working person ($1,000 per family) to offset the Social Security tax on the first $8,100 of earnings; and expand the earned income tax credit.

To boost retirement savings, he has also proposed a 50% federal match on the first $1,000 of savings for families that earn under $75,000.

CNN's money expert speaks to this....


Is that 50% matching funds on the first $1,000 per year? Or overall? Because if the federal government is only going to give an extra $500 in retirement funds, then it may as well keep the money, but an extra $500 per year might be effective. This article doesn't really let us know what Obama is considering. Is it really so hard to be a reporter? In the article she fails to offer any real analysis or facts: "The jury is still out on how successful those rebates will be stimulating the economy." The jury is still out? How about you give us some objective analysis on this, Ms. Sahadi? Tell us how it might help, or might not be enough? Anything to demonstrate you have the first notion of the workings of the economy.

Absolutely pathetic reporting by Jeanne Sahadi.

She gets the dumbard of the day award. If anyone knows exactly what Obama is proposing here, leave it in the comments. And then email Sahadi to let her know what an idiot she is.

http://www.theleftanchor.com/2008/06/classic-news.html

there is some good news, thought it was $150k

not sure what tax cut they are talking about, i have not had one lately unless they mean the original one bush did, which was what?

I too was appalled by Gupta's propagandizing on behalf of the myth that Americans enjoy the best health care system in the world. Which Americans? Those with access, perhaps, but for the vast majority of us, it is not true. Neither was his tales of woe about how poorly the systems in other nations work.

Propaganda--whether it's corporate or governmental-- has infested CNN and other networks as well. It's sickening.

If you doubt it, start noticing how often they just spoon feed us whatever the government tells them. They do it all the time! Rarely do they challenge the government's spin on a story or delve deeper into what lies beneath the government's cover story.