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The Assassination Of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy Assassination

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November 22, 1963, is a day that lives in infamy. Most Americans remember that day, even those who were not born, for one reason. The assassination of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy transpired in Dallas, Texas. His assassination became a topic of controversy as the idea of a lone sniper committing the act was hard to accept. The assassin would go on to die a few days later. Media outlets around the nation were in shock. The local Metroplex stations panicked like everyone else. As a native Texan, correction native Dallasite, I view the Kennedy assassination differently than most Americans. I want to stick close to my Dallas roots, and analyze what occurred on Elm Street that day and how the local media covered the event.
The Dallas Metroplex is massive, totaling 10,693 square miles, 12 counties, and over 6 million inhabitants. The Metroplex being so extensive, it was unlikely that every citizen and every city reacted to the Kennedy assassination in the same fashion. For that reason, I decided to spread my sights, and focus on three cities in different parts of the Metroplex. Analyzing the distinct patterns in their newspaper publications from November 21st to November 25th provides a unique point of view of how the Metroplex responded as a whole. Once, I have developed a keen understanding of the media response in the Metroplex; I can compare it to the Warren Commission report and how they portrayed what occurred in Dealey Plaza on a late November day. The three cities

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