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Thursday, July 19, 2007
Richard Barrett demands retraction
News Channel 12’s Carole Carr recently produced a very nice story about the death of Charles Tisdale. The story centered around people leaving messages in memory of Mr. Tisdale. Nationalist Richard Barrett was one of the people to leave a message. Carole Carr mentioned that fact in her story. Ms. Carr used the following statement in that story: “...BARRETT IS KNOWN FOR HIS AFFILIATION WITH THE KLAN...” Mr. Barrett called me and demanded we do a retraction.
Here is why I do not believe we owe Mr. Barrett a retraction. The statement Ms. Carr made is a fact. Mr. Barrett chose to affiliate with various Klan members over the years. Here are a couple of examples:
1) Mr. Barrett publicly supported Edgar Ray Killen before, during and after his trial. Mr. Killen was convicted for his role in three Klan murders.
2) Mr. Barrett also supported James Ford Seale before, during and after his trial. Mr. Seale was convicted for his role in two Klan murders.
Mr. Barrett’s support for these two men was VERY public. He not only chose to affiliate with these Klan members, he chose to make those affiliations VERY public. WJTV did not say Mr. Barrett was a member of the Klan, we only reported he was affiliated with the Klan. Now tell me what you think!
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Friday, May 04, 2007
Tell Me What You Think
A Hinds County jury finds Jackson Mayor Frank Melton “Not Guilty.”
Three Madison County deputies are shot during a standoff.
A truck fire closes Interstate 55.
All this in just the last week.
Tell me what you liked and didn’t like about WJTV’s coverage.
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