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Larry Mathews

Larry Matthews, is a veteran broadcast journalist. He is the recipient of The George Foster Peabody Award for Excellence in Broadcast for his reporting on Vietnam veterans. He is also the recipient of a Columbia/DuPont Citation, Society of Professional Journalists, Associated Press, and other awards for investigative reporting. He is the author of eight books including, I Used To Be In Radio: a Memoir. Contact Mr. Matthews.

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Guest Commentary

Dr. King and Trucks

By Larry Mathews Guest Commentator

What an obscene, disgusting display of crass commercialism! Selling trucks few people can afford by twisting one of the great speeches in American history, by ignoring its core message, and attempting to brand a truck with one of the world’s great moral teachers.

On the Sunday before he was murdered Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. spoke at the National Cathedral in Washington, that magnificent edifice where America officially mourns…

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