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Bias Detective I

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This assessment provides an opportunity to apply techniques introduced in the MicroModule: Bias

The Truth About Martin Luther King Jr.

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A Historical Examination – The Real Truth About Martin Luther King Jr.

Every January, the media go into a kind of almost spastic frenzy of adulation for the so-called “Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King, Jr.” King has even had a national holiday declared in his honor, an honor accorded to no other American, not Washington, not Jefferson, not Lincoln. (Washington and Lincoln no longer have holidays — they share the generic-sounding “President’s Day.”) A liberal judge has sealed the FBI files on King until the year 2027. What are they hiding? Let’s take a look at this modern-day plastic god.

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