The New York Times on the Grassy Knoll
On the website of the New York Times at this hour:
ROSCOE, Ill. — The original tombstone of Lee Harvey Oswald may not rest here in peace much longer.
Not that it has rested anywhere for very long.
In the nearly 50 years since Mr. Oswald, the presumed assassin of President John F. Kennedy, was buried in Texas, the grave marker has been stolen from a cemetery, recovered by the police, hidden away for safekeeping, and passed around among distant relatives of the family that bought the home of Mr. Oswald’s mother after she died.
Lee Harvey Oswald, the presumed assassin? After nearly five decades in which the evidence has been examined, sifted, scoured, and subjected to computer enhancement, and no even remotely credible evidence of any assassin other than Oswald has ever emerged?
Even as it remains utterly smug, the Times's journalistic standards continue their collapse. The grey lady, a paranoid conspiracy monger. Astounding.
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Aug '10
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Mollie Hemingway, Ed.: Last week, the Associated Press wrote the following:
Has been blamed? Come again?
I see this as different than the Oswald thing, because Al-Qaeda admitted responsibility for the Sept 11 attacks. Moreover, (just like John Wilkes Booth) they BRAGGED about it!
Oswald claimed he was innocent. I don't believe him, but I still think it makes a difference in the way newspapers choose to refer to him.
Apr '11
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Troy Senik, Ed.: "On the grassy knoll" indeed. To this day, if you visit the site of the JFK assassination in Dallas, you will find conspiracy theorists hanging out at the grassy knoll, eager to evangelize to whatever curious tourists come their way.
It doesn't help that the museum located on the floor of the former Texas School Book Depository from which Oswald shot has encased the window from which he fired in glass and stacked crates in front of it (to recreate its appearance on the day of the assassination). You can't walk through the place without hearing people murmuring, "Of course they don't want you to see the angle. He could never have pulled off the shot." · 2 hours ago
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Visiting that "museum" about 12 years ago was one of the saddest experiences of my life. I was 17 when Kennedy was assassinated. The world was ripped apart that November and it never came back together. We are still arguing about it.
May '11
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EJHill
Sunday, the 15th will be the 100th anniversary of the sinking. I was going to ruminate on the movie in a post but what could I add that hasn't already be said? Eleven Oscars and none for acting... the epitome of the modern film. · 3 hours ago
EJ, with that picture you have brought up what astute readers of ricochet will know is the saddest part of that movie.
Mar '12
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My college has a chair named after him. You could be the Alger Hiss Professor... I don't know who holds it now, but Joel Kovel, an anti-Zionist and "eco-socialist" held it when I was there, before his visiting contract was not reviewed and he decided the best course of action was flyering the campus in protest..
Aug '10
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I do think "presumed" is a word that is too open to interpretation, and the NYT shouldn't have used it.
A more precise way of phrasing it might be: "In the nearly 50 years since Mr. Oswald, the only man ever charged in the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, was buried in Texas ..."
After all, he wasn't just presumed. He was arraigned for the shooting on November 22, 1963.
Edited on April 11, 2012 at 10:23pmMay '10
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Misthiocracy: A more precise way of phrasing it might be: "In the nearly 50 years since Mr. Oswald, the only man ever charged in the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, was buried in Texas ..."
After all, he wasn't just presumed. He was arraignedfor the shooting on November 22, 1963. · 30 minutes ago
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This historical event has been a passion of mine for many years. I have attended many conferences (helped organize one) and have a library of many volumes (not just "books" but many government documents) related to the assassination.
Oswald was NOT aware he was accused of the assassination of the president when he was arraigned after midnight (the 23rd). He only thought he was being accused of the murder of J. D. Tippit. You can see the reporters inform him of this in the little 1:00 am "press conference" and the look on his face shows he was unaware of this fact.
Had he been tried today, he would have been acquitted. Guilty or not. The handling of evidence in this important murder trial was a joke. Ruby saved the Dallas police a major embarrassment...while causing one!
Apr '11
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Judging from some recent jury decisions I'd rather trust the Warren Commission!
Apr '11
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By the way Oswald was guilty! At least in my opinion, and Vincent Bugliosi, who has written the definitive prosecution on the subject.
Oct '11
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Grassy knoll. What idiots. C'mon, anybody who's wrapped melons and coconuts in duct tape and plinked them knows that's bunk. A bullet is not a baseball bat.