The Martin Luther King You Don't See On TV

In 1995 Jeff Cohen and Norman Solomon of Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR) wrote what I consider to be the best op-ed piece about Martin Luther King, Jr. ever written. "The Martin Luther King You Don't See On TV" demonstrates that television coverage of King ignores or minimizes the 1965-1968 period of his life, years in which he called for a radical restructuring of American society, an economic critique of American foreign policy and a call for removal of US troops from Vietnam, and "the most militant project of his life"--the Poor People's Campaign.

The toned-down, "I Have A Dream" King written about in the mainstream press and celebrated at countless events across the nation may help hypocritical representatives of established power clear their consciences, but in today's world it is the more militant King that is needed.