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Originally Posted by ThomasL
There is also this...if you read the AP that "quotes" Jackson from the day he gave testimony in 1920 there are a lot of damning quotes attributed to Jackson telling how he threw games, which he does not say at all in his testimony where he says he played to win...there are two possible reasons for this:
1. The AP simply made it up/guessed at what Jackson was telling the grand jury...other words...totally fake news
2. Jackson did issue comments to the press/AP and he did say this in order for the underworld to read and not try to hurt/kill him for crossing them.
I firmly believe #1 but I know big JJ supporters that think it is #2
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I would also think 1 is likeliest, the media has a very long history of completely making crap up, while Jackson was an unintelligent man who had no history of being media savvy in the least.