“North Carolina’s Wilmington Morning Star (circ. 17,866) went to press with a front-page picture of four Marine witnesses in the court-martial of Sergeant Matthew C. McKeon. As soon as the paper hit his desk, the editor on duty gulped and stopped the presses. “He had failed to notice, in the shadowy impression on the Associated […]
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It’s never too late to whitewash a front page
Posted in Just A Bite, tagged newspaper racism, pvt eugene w. ervin, sgt matthew c mckeon, wilmington morning star on January 1, 2011 | Leave a Comment »