Jesse Jackson Jr.'s local connection
A reader called to ask why we focused on Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. in our front page wire story this morning about the Gov. Blago scandal. We talked about the same issue in our planning meeting yesterday.
Were he any other congressman from Illinois, we would not have published his photo on the front page. I'm not even sure a story about the scandal would have made the front page without the Jackson angle.
But Jesse Jackson Jr. has a strong Greensboro connection. He graduated from A&T in 1987, 23 years after his father graduated from the same institution. He's been back regularly, including serving as the commencement speaker at A&T in 2002 and attending the 45th anniversary celebration of the Woolworth Sitins in 2005.
Right call or wrong call to put him on the front page?
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As long as you give equal exposure to other former students of different ethnic groups like Khalid Sheik Mohammed, I don't see a problem. We need to be inclusive.
Posted on December 11, 2008 2:56 PM
The Jackson family has a long legacy in GSO.
Jesse Sr. enjoyed some of his first arrests here, and won his one and only political election--president of A&T.
Posted on December 12, 2008 10:34 AM