[Vision2020] Journalistic integrity

Deacon James ddjames@moscow.com
Mon, 27 Oct 2003 11:07:08 -0800


Tom,

You seem to know a good bit about the situation. Here is my question. How
does the Southern Poverty Law Center make their money and earn recognition
as one of the most profitable non-profit organizations in the U.S.? (Here's
a hint: http://www.patriotist.com/dees.htm)

Deacon

-----Original Message-----
From: vision2020-admin@moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-admin@moscow.com]On
Behalf Of Thomas Hansen
Sent: Monday, October 27, 2003 10:38 AM
To: vision2020@moscow.com
Subject: RE: [Vision2020] Journalistic integrity


Simple:  Follow the links.  Wilson to Wilkins to the League of the South.
The Southern Poverty Law Center has exposed the League of the South to be
white supremacist in nature.  Or are they lying, too?

It is truly that simple.

Tom Hansen


-----Original Message-----
From: bill london [mailto:london@moscow.com]
Sent: Monday, October 27, 2003 10:25 AM
To: Douglas
Cc: vision2020@moscow.com
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Journalistic integrity


    I am not representing the Daily News, but I think it is clear that
Doug Wilson and his various buddies are trying to kill the messenger
since they really do not enjoy the message.
    The message is that Doug has been exposed as clearly and directly
supporting the abhorrent practice of human slavery.  Wilson has lately
been stepping carefully away from what he co-wrote in that booklet
("Southern Slavery: As It Was").  He now says he really meant that
slavery should have been ended without the Civil War, but the book is
quite obvious.  Wilson said that human slavery was justified in the
Bible and justified historically by the wonderfully humane system of
slavery developed in the South.  Wilson has been exposed writing
blatantly untrue assessments about the nature of Southern slavery (ask
any historian).
    Since Wilson is worried about this message getting out, he is
sending out the troops to attack the Daily News as the messenger.
    The topic of Wilson's February conference is "Revolution and
Modernity."  However,  it is accurate for the Daily News to indicate
that a discussion of Southern slavery will be incorporated into the
conference.  Wilson and his co-author (Steve Wilkins) from the slavery
book are both featured speakers.  In previous years, these annual
conferences sponsored by Wilson's church have included discussions of
slavery whatever the stated focus of that year's conference.   Wilson
acknowledged that he expected the topic of slavery to arise at the
February conference as well.
    I thought the Daily News article was more than fair to Wilson,
giving him plenty of space to define his views.
    Looking back at the published article, I was amused to read again
the subtitle: "Debate, emotions already stirred as preface to February
conference at UI."   Yup, that about sums it up.
BL

Douglas wrote:

> Visionaries,
>
> Ambrose Bierce once defined ink as a "villainous compound of
> tanno-gallate of iron, gum-arabic and water, chiefly used to
> facilitate the infection of idiocy and promote intellectual crime."
>
> On Friday, The Idaho Statesman picked up the article which had
> previously run in the Daily News. They ran it with this by-line: "Pair
> to give their "biblical" defense of practice at U of I conference."
>
> 1. The conference is not on slavery. Never has been. The Daily News
> really needs to quit relying on anonymous flyers as part of their
> crackerjack reporting team. The savings in payroll are not really
> worth the embarrassment.
> 2. No, we are not going to give a defense of slavery at the conference.
> 3. It is not a U of I conference.
> 4. Having shouted their error on the front page, the Daily News had
> whispered a teeny correction later on. The Statesman must have missed
> it somehow.
>
> I would like to ask Nathan Alford to respond, or someone at the Daily
> News. Who is responsible for misrepresenting our history conference in
> this egregious way? What are you going to do about it?
>
> Cordially,
>
> Douglas Wilson
>
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