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B randeis Explodes 'Press Myth' on Guerrilla Warfare
in "traditional disorders." The re-
searchers said the 70 per cent fig-
ure was consistent with the per-
centage of known precipitating in-
cidents identified in past disorders.
The report leveled especially
heavy criticism at the national
press, charging that it overreacted.
"Few of the nationally known
newspapers and magazines at-
tempted to verify sniping reports
coming out of the cities; few were
willing to undertake independent
investigations of their own; and
far too many were overly zealous
in their reports of a 'trend' based
on limited and unconfirmed evid-
ence. Warning that the press may
have provided the script for future
conspiracies, the researchers call-
ed for:
WALTHAM, Mass.—Reports that "Riot Data Review," the publica-
racial violence in the United States tion which late last summer pre-
is taking a new form of conspira- dicted "that schools everywhere,
torial guerrilla warfare, featuring both at the college and pre-college
sniper attacks on police, appear to level, will be the sites of disorders
be a largely a myth of the news when they reopen in the fall."
media, according to Brandeis
RDC researchers also said ey
University's Lemberg Center for found discrepancids in ini ia ver-
the Study of Violence.
sus later reports concerning the
The center's latest report amount of sniping..
"These discrepancies included a
charges the press with "construct-
ing a scenario on armed upris- downward revision of early snip-
ings." Although there have been a ing figures, particularly where the
few shoot-outs with the police. following items were concerned:
..some of which may have been the number of snipers involved, the
planned, "no new wave of upris- number of shots fired and the
ings and no set pattern of mur- number of policemen involved as
derous conflict have developed— targets."
Concluding the summary of
at least not yet."
findings, researchers said: "The
The center's Riot Data Clearing-
press—at both the local and na-
house (RDC), in a study of alleged tional level—was inclined toward
guerrilla-sniper incidents reported imprecise, distorted, inaccurate
during July-August 1968, said in a reporting. In some instances, the
press revealed a tendency to need-
summary of findings:
lessly sensationalize the news."
"The overwhelming number of
In the vast majority of cases,
disorders surveyed failed to display RDC researchers found no evid-
conclusive evidence of a new type ence of planning. In 17 out of 25
of racial violence based on con- incidents (about 70 per cent), the
spiracy and guerrilla tactics."
disturbance began with a precipi-
The RDC's study and findings tating event similar to those found
are published in the third issue of
Grand Rapids
News Notes
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Born in Germany, Lador studied
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staff of Johnson and Dean, local
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assistant. He is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Sidney Muskin, of Wren Ave.
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1) More restrained and judicious re-
porting. "Newspapers and magazines
which overdramatize the violence and
underplay less dramatic (but equally
important) events, such as negotiation
efforts, do little more than escalate
existing tensions and fears."
2) More accuracy. The local and na-
tional press and the wire services as
well should make greater attempts to
verify news stories. Better communica-
tions should be established between
the press and police departments,
especially during times of crisis, in
accordance with the recommendations
of the Kerner Commission.
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MIAMI BEACH (JTA) — Rabbi
Issachar Levin, 76, of Trenton,
N.J., a former president of the
Religious Zionists of America, died
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here last weekend. He was spiri-
analyst."
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Review also includes an index for run of Trenton.
racial disorders for the May-Au-
gust 1968, period. Tentative totals
of 165 definite and 43 uncertain
racial disorders were recorded,
bringing the total for the first
INCORPORATED
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and 85 equivocal cases.
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