Wednesday, March 19, 2008
The Jena 6 scam - by Pat Buchanan
If Mr. Buchanan has the facts right, we've clearly been "had" by the media.
Not to mention fanning the fires of racism...
Not to mention fanning the fires of racism...
At WorldNetDaily.com, Pat Buchanan wrote this back in February:
"By now, most folks know the media story. White students at Jena High in Louisiana hung nooses on a tree to warn black students not to sit under it. After a fistfight over this racist outrage, black kids in the fight were indicted for attempted murder, while the white racists who hung the nooses walked away with a verbal spanking.
Last September, 20,000 traveled to Jena to march against this prosecutorial outrage. Fortunately, however, there are still a few real journalists around. Among them are Craig Franklin, assistant editor of the Jena Times, whose wife teaches at Jena High, and Charlotte Allen, who wrote an extended piece for the Weekly Standard. According to Allen and Franklin, here are the facts and chronology you have been denied by the Mainstream Media."
