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Many may not know the story of Jack Johnson, America’s first Black heavyweight champion boxer, but it is one that’s an example of a sad time in American history. He was arrested and eventually served a prison sentence on trumped up charges stemming from those who opposed his interracial relationship with a white woman.
But on Thursday, President Trump corrected that heinous injustice by issuing a pardon for Johnson after actor Sylvester Stallone shared the story with him. That’s right, the president the liberal media love to portray as a staunch racist actually pardoned a man who was a victim of true racism. But, of course, not all of the media thought it was noteworthy during their evening broadcasts. Both ABC and Spanish-language network Telemundo omitted Johnson’s pardon from their reports.
In contrast to those two network news outlets, CBS, NBC, and Spanish-language network Univision all celebrated the move by President Trump. Univision and CBS both ran news briefs on the pardon, 24 and 30 seconds respectively.
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. Curtis Houck
