Matt Bors for June 26, 2013
June 24, 2013
June 27, 2013
Transcript:
1964 News Anchor: If you're just tuning in, a LEAK revealed a secret F.B.I. program is SPYING on Martin Luther King Jr. Thoughts from our panel? Meet The Gents Man: Very troubling - and unAmerican - to leak these things, Edward Snowden is a TRAITOR! Old Man: And this dirty journalist, GLENN GREENWALD! Why'd HE get the scoop instead of someone reputable - LIKE ME? News Anchor: There it is - every side of the issue, and if Mr. Civil Rights isn't doing anything wrong, what does HE have to worry about?
tesaje almost 11 years ago
“What did the CIA find out about MLK?” IT was the FBI and basically they found out he was cheating on his wife. Nothing un-American or traitorous (unless you define adherence to racism and segregation as loyal).
hippogriff almost 11 years ago
fairtoeveryone: They never said. The FBI released some fiction, but it was quickly falsified. The most notorious was the lie about an orgy during the march from Selma. What was going on that night was a strategy session involving most of the southern clergy who believed what in those sexist times was called “the brotherhood of man under the fatherhood of God.” My pastor was there and informed the congregation. With walking 30 miles per day for almost a week, it is a wonder that anyone could survive strategizing until two in the morning, much less what Hoover claimed.
garysnorton almost 11 years ago
Last panel: Good Point.