On Friday, the country celebrated the 40th anniversary of the "Battle of the Sexes" tennis match that Billie Jean King won over Bobby Riggs. The match was one of the most seminal moments in the women's rights movement. Because of that significance, many would just rather ignore the recent evidence that has come to light that does not fit--and hardly advances--the narrative that the 29-year-old King beat the 55-year-old Riggs fair and square at the Houston Astrodome before more than 30,000 people and even more who were captivated in front of their television sets.
In a thoroughly reported story last
month, Don Van Natta, Jr. of ESPN presented circumstantial evidence that Riggs
may have tanked the match so he could pay off gambling debts he may have had
with mobsters. Van Natta's report, titled, "The Match
Maker: Bobby Riggs, The Mafia and The Battle of the Sexes," is worth
reading in full for all of the revelations......... The mainstream press is often invested in protecting their narratives that
advance causes favorable to them. The Matthew Shepard story about how he was
killed by homophobes may have been a complete fabrication and
is yet another example of the left-wing
myth-making machine. Trayvon
Martin's death has to be exploited to further the racial grievance agenda, even
if the mainstream media had to falsely report that George Zimmerman was white
and edit 9-1-1 tapes to make it seem like Zimmerman was a racist.....To Read More......
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