John F. Kennedy
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The House of Kennedy, by James Patterson and Cynthia Fagen
Written by James DiEugenioWritten on Saturday, 25 April 2020 23:28 Read more...
Jim DiEugenio assesses the historical accuracy of James Patterson and Cynthia Fagen’s The House of Kennedy and discovers the shoddy research and tabloid style of the book make it unfit for reading. Their idea is to present the Kennedy clan as a bunch of useless wastrels, whose two most prominent political representatives were murdered by lone nuts. Therefore, their implication is that these murders have no political or historic importance.
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Mark Shaw, Denial of Justice
Written by James DiEugenioWritten on Wednesday, 22 May 2019 00:32 Read more...
Shaw's book is largely a combination of recycling Kilgallen’s biographical material, his past writing about Melvin Belli, and trying to sell the reader on his remarkably unconvincing ideas about a Mob hit on JFK.
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Mal Hyman, Burying the Lead: The Media and the JFK Assassination
Written by Michael Le FlemWritten on Friday, 03 May 2019 00:31 Read more...
“A balanced, engaging, fascinating look at the slimy underbelly of the American power structure and the hired guns of the media who cover up for them,” writes Michael Le Flem.
Malcolm X
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Manning Marable, A Life of Reinvention
Written by Joseph E. GreenWritten on Wednesday, 28 August 2013 22:14 Read more...
As with other high-profile assassinations in the 1960s, the major media immediately began a propaganda campaign in support of the state-approved version of events, writes Joseph Green.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Martin Hay Replies to the Authors of Killing King
Written by Martin HayWritten on Friday, 11 May 2018 21:06 Read more...
Martin Hay scrutinizes the responses to his critical review of The Awful Grace of God which the authors have incorporated into their second book, written to bolster their original thesis concerning Ray and the King assassination.
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Pate McMichael, Klandestine: How a Klan Lawyer and a Checkbook Journalist Helped James Earl Ray Cover Up His Crime
Written by Martin HayWritten on Monday, 12 September 2016 14:46 Read more...
Martin Hay reviews «Klandestine» by Pate McMichael on the Martin Luther King Jr. assassination.
Robert F. Kennedy
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Lisa Pease, A Lie Too Big to Fail: The Real History of the Robert Kennedy Assassination
Written by Michael Le FlemWritten on Thursday, 21 February 2019 22:11 Read more...
The author’s narrative gifts are as pronounced as her investigative acumen. And with this book as her lifetime achievement on a case that still remains relatively obscure in light of the JFK assassination, she will likely establish herself as the preeminent authority on the subject for years to come, avers Michael Le Flem.
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Joseph Palermo, Robert F. Kennedy and the Death of American Idealism
Written by Kennedys&KingWritten on Monday, 29 January 2018 19:08
During this, the 50th anniversary of Senator Robert Kennedy's assassination, we wish to raise awareness of his life and death. Joseph Palermo is one of the better authors on RFK, and this interview concerning his 2007 book is one way to begin that commemoration.
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General Interest
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The Marilyn Monroe/Kennedys Hoax - Part 2: The Mythology Soars into Outer Space
Written by James DiEugenioWritten on Saturday, 16 May 2020 17:57 Read more...
In part 2 of this essay, Jim DiEugenio continues his review of Donald McGovern’s Murder Orthodoxies by tracing the further trajectory of the Marilyn Monroe/Kennedys mythology as it soars into outer space, concluding that the authors of this hoax created a three-ring Barnum and Bailey circus by supporting and aggrandizing each other.
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The Marilyn Monroe/Kennedys Hoax - Part 1: The Mythology is Launched
Written by James DiEugenioWritten on Saturday, 16 May 2020 17:18 Read more...
Jim DiEugenio reviews Donald McGovern’s important work on Marilyn Monroe's untimely death, Murder Orthodoxies, and, in part 1 of this essay, examines the launching of the mythology surrounding her alleged relationships with John F. Kennedy and Robert F. Kennedy and the money angle associated with promoting this mythology.
