Do the omissions of the United States attorney generals report implicate a federal obstruction of justice?
WP: I suppose one could say that. After the trial, they came in and attempted, through a rather slip-shod investigation, a very distorted one, attempted to repudiate, or just deny outright the credibility of witnesses like John McFarren, who had no reason at all to lie and who were simply telling what they knew, what they heard and what they saw. But the Justice Department investigation, conducted by the Civil Rights division, just elected not to believe them and therefore stuck with the old official story. CS: Throughout your campaign, the mainstream media failed repeatedly to approach the case with any sense of objectivity. Why do you think this was the case? And how is the mainstream media structured to ensure that such journalistic shortcomings become standard practice? WP: The mainstream media really, as the fourth estate, is a portion of the ruling apparatus in this republic – and elsewhere in the world, of course. The media is very important in terms of forming public opinion on
