Virtually all major news outlets editorialized last year, once again, that Oswald killed JFK, acting alone, as I reported last fall for the Justice Integrity Project in a multi-part JFK "Readers Guide." One example was "Disputes Erupt Over NY Times, New Yorker, WashPo Reviews of JFK Murder."
Yet opinion polls for decades have shown majorities disbelieve the report's central finding that Oswald acted alone. Almost nowhere else in public life do we have such strong bipartisan agreement in the public standing in opposition to elite consensus -- and with proof so readily at hand.
Why does it matter that the controversy still lingers about Kennedy's killing? Why does the government continue to refuse to release classified records related to the case? And why do independent researchers continue to demand release of all JFK assassination records?
For one thing, AARC's Lesar notes, Congress passed a 1992 law requiring that release. More generally, Lesar says:
The Warren Report marked the profound slide in public distrust in government and the press. And JFK assassination and those of Dr. Martin Luther King and Robert F. Kennedy created a devastating political impact that continues to erode democratic government.
The result has been to encourage the rampant growth of the national security state in ways that have had profound adverse effects on our world standing, our economic vitality, and our personal liberty
Virtually every day, OEN publishes multiple columns illustrating the same kinds of suspicions against opinion leaders as evident in the JFK assassination debates. Government operations are increasingly secret, or unreported by news media that are focused heavily on entertainment, celebrities and personality-driven political opinion.
Society's sleeping watchdogs had their chance last year to dig deep during the 50th anniversary of the killing. Amid the many homages to JFK's lost life and legacy, the public saw scraps of disturbing evidence interspersed with wacky theories that simply created confusion.
But the Warren Report anniversary is different. Serious news coverage necessarily focuses on the commission's methods and evidence. That creates a rare reform opportunity.
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