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From: orb@whuts.UUCP (SEVENER)
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Subject: Louis Farrakhan, Jesse Jackson, Jerry Falwell and Reagan
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Date: Tue, 3-Dec-85 08:03:32 EST
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Posted: Tue Dec  3 08:03:32 1985
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Has anybody noticed the typical double standard applied by the media?
We all know that the fact that Louis Farrakhan, an anti-semite,
supported Jesse Jackson was a source of great contention and howls
of indignation: when would Jackson disavow Farrakhan?
He did of course disavow Farrakhan and apologize for antisemitic
remarks in a very emotional speech at the Democratic National 
Convention.
 
But did anybody ever ask when Ronald Reagan was going to disavow
Jerry Falwell?  After all, as Farrakhan had worked to bring
Jackson votes, Falwell worked and helped bring Ronald Reagan
some 74% of the Fundamentalist vote.  Did we hear any pundits
calling for Reagan to disavow Falwell? Do we now?
Of course not.
 
Just as the Reagan administration could have its present Attorney
General allowed to forego mortgage payments for some 30 months
with scarcely a slap on the wrist, could have the Secretary of
Labor resign after being indicted, could have Anne Burford
arranging sweetheart deals with polluters, could refuse to
pay the payments to the disabled required by Congress and lower
courts for two years and who gets accused of "scandal"?
Geraldine Ferraro.
Again, *I* will ask the question the media pundits refuse to ask:
when will Ronald Reagan disavow Jerry Falwell?
 
           tim sevener   whuxn!orb