His allegiance has a pedigree. Jefferson Davis, as you should know, was the president of the Confederacy during the Civil War. He is portrayed by Lott's people as a hero of states' rights, which is a smoke screen for the defense of slavery and the segregation that followed when the shooting war was lost. The sweet South was made bitter by the tramping of Yankee boots during an invasion that destroyed a way of life. From the media, a bye Most of the media have let Lott slip by on this.
Some stories have appeared, it's true.
But his past is not treated as the issue it should be. And we have not seen the buttonholing of one Republican as reporters ask where he or she stands on Lott and his connections to a racist organization. Of course, through a press representative, Lott now repudiates the CCC and its philosophy. But the fact that his past escapes scrutiny so easily is an example of why so many people not least, educated blacks are cynical about the media. One looks at show after show on which American politics are discussed, and there is no mention made of Lott's history with this organization.