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Thread #52007   Message #800222
Posted By: InOBU
10-Oct-02 - 07:02 AM
Thread Name: BS: Traveller Discrimination in the US 3
Subject: RE: BS: Traveller Discrimination in the US 3
Dateline did a pre interview with me. In their previous story about Travellers they interviewed Judge Peeler, who I met, who had nothing but good to say about Travellers. The NBC reporters said to him, "don't you have anything bad to say about Travellers", he said no, so they cut him out of the story. When they could not get me to say they were a people who had a culture of crime, they decided not to put me on camera. So, yes, watch Dateline and you will see anti-Taveller bias in all its glory or horror depending on your point of view. As to my being responcible for the racialisation of this case, I am going to put together a few before and after quotes. Be back in a mo... Larry