Saturday, February 29, 2020

Stephen D. Lee Conference Protested/ National and local news coverage.

Follow up post on the protests is at:

https://newtknight.blogspot.com/2020/03/major-protest-against-sons-of.html#.XlvfqqieGiM

For the longest time the press didn't want to deal with neo-Confedeacy.

However, that has all changed with Charlottesville protest.

One big change is that fighting neo-Confederacy is in the news in mainstream media. Stories which would never of gotten covered are now getting coverage.

For example The Root which was owned by the people who owned the Washington Post and is now owned by Universion Communications has run this story about the Stephen D. Lee Conference in Raleigh, NC. The headline is, "What Better Way to Celebrate the Last Day of Black History Month Than ... a Confederacy Honoring the Confederacy?"

https://www.theroot.com/what-better-way-to-celebrate-the-last-day-of-black-hist-1841993934

The popup tab says Hilton Hotels to Host Confederacy Conference. I am sure that isn't the branding the Hilton Hotel group wants.

Hilton Hotels is mentioned in the headline for this article in the Huffington Post. This article was also run on MSN news site. So it got fairly high national visibility.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/hilton-hotel-sons-of-confederate-veterans_n_5e591a47c5b6450a30bd5b81

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/hilton-hotel-to-host-neo-confederate-group-conference-on-last-day-of-black-history-month/ar-BB10wNj9

Blavity has this article. Hilton Hotels mentioned. This is a newsite oriented towards the African American community.

https://www.blavity.com/conference-for-neo-confederates-to-be-held-at-north-carolina-hilton-on-final-day-of-black-history-month?category1=news

It made the local major city daily. The Hilton Hotel is mentioned.
https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/article240670326.html

This is the bad publicity that a hotel chain really doesn't want. Also, imagine the employees that have to tell friends and family that they spent a few days being servants for neo-Confederates.

After awhile hotel chains are going to wonder if this is the image they want.

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