Chapter 313: The Feces Throwing War

This time, the Chicago Daily Times' special feature caused a huge response in the Chicago area as soon as it was published, like dropping a blockbuster bomb in the peaceful Great Lakes region. The splashes quickly spread to the surrounding areas and caused many cities to reprint it. Many years after the Civil War, the living conditions of blacks in the southern states have once again become the focus.

Whether it is the well-dressed elegant men, the workers working in the factory, or the housewives, all of them are attracted to the attention. The sense of happiness is achieved through comparison. The experience of black women allows everyone to exercise their sense of moral superiority. There has never been a group that can make citizens of all classes feel that they are living a good life.

In addition, the person who exposed the reality was a feminist activist, and a large number of women joined the discussion. Just as he said, the brave Albert became the biggest beneficiary of this public opinion storm. The Chicago Daily Times was sold out, and the newspaper features published were reprinted by many influential newspapers, causing a huge response.

Soon, various similar serials claiming to focus on the treatment of black women emerged like mushrooms after a spring rain. Unlike the initial situation, many newspapers turned the fire to another area, accusing the governments of the southern states of turning a blind eye to the states under their jurisdiction and ignoring the fact that such things were happening on their own land. The Democratic governments of the southern states should be held responsible for this.

In the year after the election, which should be the calmest time in the political arena, the ideologies of the Democratic and Republican parties have once again become a matter of concern to the general public.

Many newspapers also believed that the root cause of this incident was that the Dixie people in the southern states were indifferent and didn't care about the plight of their neighbors, unlike the kind-hearted Yankees in the north. A big map cannon appeared in the Chicago Daily Times's fan newspaper.

For a time, various parties took turns to speak out on the topic of violence against black women, and one round of special topics after another took advantage of the topic, turning the public opinion circle in the United States upside down.

The accusations came so suddenly and fiercely that even Gail and McHale, who were in New Orleans, felt a little nervous. Although they had been mentally prepared beforehand, when this overwhelming discussion came, it was still beyond their expectations.

"What should I do? Why hasn't William made any move yet!" Gail didn't know much about this method, but he could see that the current situation seemed very unfavorable to him. It was either seemed or unfavorable.

McHale was also at a loss. As for fighting, both of them had experienced war and had fought against the Brazilian government forces, but they were complete laymen in this situation.

"I don't know if William's radio has been debugged. I've always said that even if you want to go abroad, you shouldn't go so far. You can just go to Panama or something and still be able to respond." McHale also complained.

"Mr. Gale, Mr. McHale, we have received a telegram."

At this moment, the housekeeper of Oak Manor brought a telegram. This telegram came at the right time. The two of them quickly took the telegram. It said that Sheffield had arrived in Rio de Janeiro and had a good exchange with Augusta. By the way, he asked about the situation in the country.

"Tell him the current situation quickly and tell him that public opinion is very unfavorable to us." McHale read the telegram quickly and asked someone to call back quickly to inform Sheffield in Rio de Janeiro of the current public opinion.

In the skies above both ends of America, radios kept shuttling back and forth. Sheffield simply used the radio as an instant messaging service. Finally, he said, "No problem, everything is under control. The counterattack will begin soon."

In this round of public opinion storm, the Chicago Daily Times' special feature became the biggest beneficiary. After all, it was a newspaper that he secretly controlled, so it was not a big deal. As for some newspapers putting the blame on the Democratic state government and Dixie people, this was also a routine operation and was not unexpected.

In last year's national election, the Democratic Party lost again, and William McKinley's second term had just begun. At this time, the Democratic Party had nothing to lose. It was still early before the next election, and the top priority was to consolidate its foundation in the southern states. Therefore, it can be foreseen that the Democratic Party will take a tough attitude to respond to the voices in various states, and mere criticism will not waver the Democratic Party.

"Go to the New Orleans Morning Post. They know what to do. Cold numbers are more convincing than anything else. Just like the temperature, there is no such thing as dry or cold or wet. Everything is based on the thermometer. If you don't believe it, you can feel it in the wild once. Someone will help collect his body."

Sheffield has already made a record of this public opinion storm. Before this, he had speculated that the crowd was the most malicious. Facts have proved that the so-called citizen class is just like this. The most malicious speculation is completely logical. Since there is a record, there is no need to be nervous. Moreover, with regard to the views of black people, based on the current public perception, it is not certain who will benefit more from the mutual accusations between the two sides in the end.

The public opinion counterattack in the southern states began two days later. Berglin, the senior editor of the New Orleans Morning Post, wrote an article accusing Albert of hypocrisy, saying that he was just a night soil collector who only focused on the dark side of society. This was the first time that the word night soil collector appeared in a newspaper. Soon after, the New Orleans Morning Post used a huge amount of space to refute Albert's accusations by citing statistical data on the black group in all aspects, including the probability of crime, the percentage of family establishment, the rate of black people entering school, etc. It stated that the Chicago Daily Times had no right to investigate and had no right to speak, and should not have issued a special report on a whim.

Faced with a string of cold numbers, more newspapers joined the debate. Hersman's San Francisco newspaper directly sided with the New Orleans Morning Post, saying that there was no evidence more accurate than statistics. The so-called broad-mindedness did not mean just wishful accusations without providing help.

As for New York, the largest metropolis in the United States, the New York Times and the New York Tribune each chose a position and criticized the other's choice. The two sides engaged in a lively verbal battle. Newspapers centered in Chicago and New Orleans confronted each other and started a war of feces, defending themselves while accusing each other.

Standing on the side of the New Orleans Morning Post, it said that nothing is more convincing than data. Although the numbers are cold, they reflect the facts. The fact is that there is a huge gap between blacks and the citizen class of the United States today. Each ethnic group must be responsible for its own destiny. Since this is the case with blacks, this is also their freedom. The accusation of the Chicago Daily Times is untenable.

The Chicago Daily Times, on the other hand, saw the widespread hostility towards blacks in the South and believed that this situation was largely caused by human intentions, as it was largely due to the hostility towards Dixies.

Soon, the New Orleans Morning Post used a series of data to expose the Chicago Daily Times' cover-up, stating that the situation of blacks in the North was not much better and that the so-called basis for the accusation did not exist at all. Both Albert and Bergling gathered a large number of supporters and conducted a series of debates on the current living conditions of blacks raised by feminist activists, accusing each other of hypocrisy.

At this time, newspapers affiliated with the Los Angeles Times began to whitewash the situation, saying that only a country like ours could have such tit-for-tat debates, which fully demonstrated the freedom within the United States. Everyone has the right to speak, and only with such a citizen class can the arrival of the American century be better accomplished.

The Los Angeles Times's conciliatory stance also attracted a group of newspaper teams, who said that the fact that this issue could be put on the table for discussion proved that the United States of America was different from other countries in that its citizens had sufficient freedom.

The media's feces-throwing war has attracted even more attention from the citizen class after the Los Angeles Times joined in, and newspapers from all over the country have continued to join in because they don't know what stance the local people prefer. At the beginning, some city regional newspapers published completely opposite reports in the first few days, but when they found that sales were not good, they immediately changed their tune and chose a stance that was more acceptable to local residents.

Since last year's election, no issue has ever sparked such a heated discussion. Feminist activists should have been happy about this, but the trend soon shifted to other aspects. After igniting the public opinion bomb, feminist activists were useless.

There are also people from the United Company who are counting the voting ratios of major newspapers and evaluating sales to infer the true public opinion. Any data is useful and may be used in the next election.

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Sheffield, who was far away in Rio de Janeiro, was very happy because the flagship newspapers of the three current newspaper positions were all newspapers acquired by him. These newspapers with different positions were actually all employees of United Media. Isn’t this exciting enough?

At this time, it doesn’t really matter what the real situation of black people is. The most important thing is to make your own remarks stand up and make the other party shut up. “Shut up, we are discussing democracy!”

As the boss of a joint-stock company, he did not do his work every day, but just kept gesturing with a pen. Edith Rockefeller walked past the man writing furiously several times, and she could not help but feel angry. What on earth was this man writing about?

"There were three black people in the car, one was thirteen years old, one was nineteen years old, and one was sixty-one years old. Who do you think was the driver?"

"Of course it's the police!"

Black people could only sit in designated seats on the bus, but now, with our efforts, there are only black people on the bus!

“Why is there a white person in a black gang?”

"Because in any gang, there must be someone who communicates with the police!"

"Jesla, send this back to the country and give it to newspapers in the southern states. This thing will be more deeply rooted in people's hearts than directly cursing on the streets." Sheffield put down his pen, stretched and gave the order.

(End of this chapter)