{"id":99709,"date":"2013-12-18T19:43:30","date_gmt":"2013-12-18T19:43:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/how-the-mainstream-medias-coverage-of-mandela-attempted-to-rewrite-history\/"},"modified":"2013-12-18T19:43:30","modified_gmt":"2013-12-18T19:43:30","slug":"how-the-mainstream-medias-coverage-of-mandela-attempted-to-rewrite-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/how-the-mainstream-medias-coverage-of-mandela-attempted-to-rewrite-history\/","title":{"rendered":"How the Mainstream Media’s Coverage of Mandela Attempted to Rewrite History"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/p>\n

\n
\n
The United States was on the wrong side of the apartheid fight for far too long \u2013 no matter what today’s media may try to suggest. <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

\n
\n
<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n


\n <\/p>\n

Editor’s note:<\/strong>Each week, Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR)<\/a> takes on the media’s biggest blunders. This week on FAIR TV, they take a look at how the media misremembered Nelson Mandela. They also take on a dubious USA Today poll on the White House’s nuclear pact with Iran.<\/p>\n

Watch their new episode:<\/p>\n