Irresponsible Georgia Newspaper

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Tuesday May 20, 2008 · 10:39 AM PDT

2008/05/20 · 10:39

I am a longtime reader of Dailykos but I have never posted a diary, so please excuse me if I fail to follow the proper etiquette. This morning I saw something that I feel the Kos community needs to know about. I work in Roswell, Georgia, a suburb to the north of Atlanta. We have a weekly newspaper here called the Roswell Beacon. This morning I was shocked to see the cover of this week’s issue which features the headline "White Fright" above a picture of Barack Obama inside a gun’s cross hairs:

The accompanying article is about hate groups in the area who are upset about Senator Obama’s candidacy and concerns the local authorities have about possible violent acts from these groups. The article itself is not offensive, but the cover is beyond the pale. As indicated by the article, there are some serious racists in the area, and Obama’s candidacy has brought out the worst in a lot of people. The last thing we need is a newspaper to suggest assassination with an incendiary cover such as this.

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