The city’s two daily newspapers, the
Herald and the Leader, worked hand in hand with respected pillars
of the community and decided to ignore the revolution. The press
took their orders from the powerful and didn’t report one of
the biggest news stories in American history. Lexington had demonstrations,
sit-ins and other protests, but the papers didn’t acknowledge
their complicity in telling a lie until earlier this month.
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