S4 E11: More Truth
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The Problem of Objectiveity in Newspapers
In 18 92, a young black woman wrote an editorial about lynchings in the South. She compiled data from newspapers and even hired private investigators to find out how many were fabricated or just not true. Her implication that white women might be seducing black men had gotten white people in memphis so mad if she went back, she would be lynched. This chasm between the white story about lynching and the real story about lynches gets shielded by the notion of objectivity.
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