Anyway, it seems there's more. The very quotes that Kennedy used in his questioning were clearly and deliberately lifted from context in a way that distorted them.
As it happens, distinguished conservative pundit and writer Dinesh D'Souza worked for Concerned Alumni of Princeton in the early 80s. He knew the context of Kennedy's quotation of the CAP newsletter:
People nowadays just don't seem to know their place. Everywhere one turns blacks and hispanics are demanding jobs simply because they're black and hispanic.
And guess what? It was a satire piece.
We salute ABC News for at least letting reporter Jake Tapper post this on his blog. We'll know that they're ready for the new media environment when they run such stories on the evening news. Not that anyone will be watching by then.
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