Article

2008-11-18 -Lurid Crime Tales-

How TV networks distorted coverage of Jim Jones story

Archived material is restricted to Rantburg regulars and members. If you need access email fred.pruitt=at=gmail.com with your nick to be added to the members list. There is no charge to join Rantburg as a member.

Posted by anonymous5089 2008-11-18 15:42|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 I remember seeing pictures of this on the news when I was a kid.

Nuttery never goes out of style.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2008-11-18 16:52|| 2008-11-18 16:52|| Front Page Top

#2 Yes... but this was particularly awful - and awful because the People's Temple silenced critical news coverage, bullied local politicians into giving them cover and generally silenced critics by screaming "racism!" and threatening protests, lawsuits and general mayhem.

Sound familiar? No, I guess that kind of faux-religious/social/political nuttery hasn't gone out of style at all.

I remember the pictures, in the weekly news-mags... the sprawled and bloated bodies strewn all over the compound. The father of a neighbor of mine in San Antonio was then a senior Army medic, who went down with the mortuary team to collect them all. My friend says her father was particularly affected by the sight of the small children... and the appalling smell hanging over the compound. They didn't get there until about a week afterward, of course.

Posted by Sgt. Mom">Sgt. Mom 2008-11-18 22:41|| http://www.celiahayes.com]">[http://www.celiahayes.com] 2008-11-18 22:41|| Front Page Top

#3 Deh General Foods is pissed, it was FlavaAid DamnIt!

Posted by .5mt 2008-11-18 23:19|| www.cybernations.net]">[www.cybernations.net] 2008-11-18 23:19|| Front Page Top

23:48 crosspatch
23:47 trailing wife
23:46 trailing wife
23:43 Thing From Snowy Mountain
23:40 trailing wife
23:27 JosephMendiola
23:25 .5mt
23:24 trailing wife
23:22 trailing wife
23:20 JosephMendiola
23:19 .5mt
23:16 .5mt
23:14 crosspatch
23:13 rammer
23:13 .5mt
23:10 Jeremiah Thaise1218
23:08 .5mt
23:07 JosephMendiola
23:01 .5mt
22:59 JosephMendiola
22:48 trailing wife
22:46 JosephMendiola
22:46 .5mt
22:44 JosephMendiola