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Media Rehabilitation
An [[assassination]] attempt in 1972 by [[Arthur Bremer]] left him partially disabled. In the late 1970s Wallace became a born-again Christian, renouncing his segregationist policies and apologizing for his past. After his change, he became popular within the [[African American]] community, a position of closeness that he would retain until his death.
An [[assassination]] attempt in 1972 by [[Arthur Bremer]] left him partially disabled. In the late 1970s Wallace became a born-again Christian, renouncing his segregationist policies and apologizing for his past. After his change, he became popular within the [[African American]] community, a position of closeness that he would retain until his death.
[[Image:Wallace68.jpg|thumb|240px|''Time'' Oct 18, 1968; Air Force General Curtis LeMay was Wallace's VP nominee]]
[[Image:Wallace68.jpg|thumb|240px|''Time'' Oct 18, 1968; Air Force General Curtis LeMay was Wallace's VP nominee]]
==Media Rehabilitation==
In 1991, Wallace asked the question "The media has rehabilitated Johnson, why won't it rehabilitate me?",<ref name=rehabilitate>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/daily/sept98/wallace090591.htm The Rehabilitation of George Wallace], [[Washington Post]]</ref> in reference to how the [[Liberal Media]] overlook the past positions of [[Lyndon Johnson]]. After Wallace's passing, the media have indeed rehabilitated him, though likely not in the way he hoped they would. It is not uncommon for journalists and others to insinuate<ref>[http://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/pj-gladnick/2014/09/12/salon-photo-implies-george-wallace-was-republican Salon Photo Implies That George Wallace Was a Republican]</ref><ref>[http://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/clay-waters/2015/12/07/nyt-sunday-front-page-likens-trump-fellow-demagogues-mccarthy New York Times Sunday Front Page Likens Trump to Fellow 'Demagogues' McCarthy, Wallace, Pat Buchanan]</ref> or outright state<ref>[http://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/tom-blumer/2014/09/30/politico-mag-pic-implies-george-wallace-was-gop-article-claims-countrys Politico Mag Implies George Wallace Was GOP, Blames Country's Divisions Entirely on Whites' Resistance to Civil Rights]</ref><ref>[http://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2013/06/12/msnbc-gov-george-wallace-was-a-republican/ http://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2013/06/12/msnbc-gov-george-wallace-was-a-republican/]</ref><ref>[http://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/jeffrey-meyer/2013/06/12/chris-hayes-apologizes-tagging-george-wallace-republican-stupid-inexc Chris Hayes Apologizes for Tagging George Wallace As Republican: A ‘Stupid, Inexcusable, Historically Illiterate Mistake’], [[Newsbusters]]</ref><ref>[http://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2016/02/18/the-hill-calls-life-long-democrat-segregationist-george-wallace-a-republican-in-piece-about-donald-trump/ The Hill Calls Lifelong Democrat Segregationist George Wallace a Republican in Piece About Donald Trump], [[Breitbart.com]]</ref> that Wallace was a republican, even though he was always a life-long democrat.<ref>[http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/george-wallace-dead-79-ala-s-ex-gov-icon-segregationist-1960s-article-1.818800 GEORGE WALLACE DEAD, 79 ALA.'S EX-GOV WAS ICON OF SEGREGATIONIST 1960S]</ref>
==Quotes==
* "I don't support white supremacy, I'm the one who made them take 'white supremacy' off the roster that was the symbol of the Democratic Party in this state. I did nothing worse than Lyndon Johnson. He was for segregation when he thought he had to be. I was for segregation, and I was wrong. The media has rehabilitated Johnson, why won't it rehabilitate me?"<ref name=rehabilitate />
==Further reading==
==Further reading==
==See also==
==See also==
*[[Scottsboro case]]
* [[Scottsboro case]]
* [[Lyndon Johnson]]
* [[Government by Journalism]]
==References==
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