Senator Robert Byrd (D-KKK)
Barnicle Can’t Bring Himself To Mention Byrd’s Klan Past
MSM Never Mentions Senator Byrd's KKK Past
When Republican Sen. Strom Thurmond died, the MSM was quick to stress his segregationist past. The New York Times ran the headline “Strom Thurmond, Foe of Integration, Dies at 100,” leaving readers to imagine the South Carolinian had remained an advocate of segregation. The very first line of USA Today’s story described Thurmond as “the nation’s most prominent segregationist.”
Strange how the MSM can suddenly become reticent about mentioning someone’s segregationist past when the late politician in question is a Democrat. On Morning Joe today, Mark Halperin and Mike Barnicle used elliptical language worthy of a State Department dispatch to avoid mentioning that Byrd had been a member and leader of the Ku Klux Klan.
Of course the NY Times, ever noted for hiding the truth by omission, had this headline:
Robert Byrd, Respected Voice of the Senate, Dies at 92