BBC on JFK: A Case of Journalistic Malpractice

Autopsy of an erroneous anti-conspiracy theory

Mar 11, 2024

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Dr. Charles Crenshaw, one of the medical personnel who tended to President Kennedy at Parkland Hospital, indicates the location of the large avulsion in JFK’s head in an interview for ABC’s “20/20” in 1992 *(Credit: XJNW66B/YouTube)*

The latest factually flawed account of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, comes, not from Donald Trump (who falsely fingered Ted Cruz’s father) or from QAnon pilgrims to Dealey Plaza (who await the second coming of JFK Jr.), but from History Extra, “the official website for BBC History Magazine.”

If that sounds like a prestigious venue, well, it is. With a worldwide network of correspondents in the shrinking industry of journalism, I find the BBC is a credible news source on many, if not most, news stories.

But on the JFK assassination story, caveat emptor, buyer beware.

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