{"605406":{"#nid":"605406","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"The Bloody History of April 20: Mass Murders, a \u2018Fake News\u2019 War and Environmental Disaster","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/homes.lmc.gatech.edu\/~rblaskiewicz3\/\u0022\u003ERobert Blaskiewicz\u003C\/a\u003E, a postdoctoral fellow at the School of Literature, Media, and Communication (LMC) at Georgia Institute of Technology, was quoted in \u003Cem\u003EThe Washington Post\u003C\/em\u003E, April 20, article, \u0026ldquo;The Bloody History of April 20: Mass Murders, a \u0026lsquo;Fake News\u0026rsquo; War and Environmental Disaster.\u0026rdquo; The School of Literature, Media, and Communication is part of the Georgia Tech Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EExcerpt:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cblockquote\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003ET.S. Eliot\u0026nbsp;wrote\u0026nbsp;\u0026ldquo;April is the cruelest month,\u0026rdquo; and April 20 stands out if you want to zero in on a specific date besieged with bad news. Across American history and beyond, this particular spot on the calendar is blood-soaked, marked by\u0026nbsp;significant catastrophe and upheaval. Some of the negative energy coiled around the date\u0026nbsp;stems from the fact that Adolf Hilter was born on April 20 in 1889. For militia groups and anti-government types, the middle of\u0026nbsp;the month\u0026nbsp;is also significant as the beginning of colonial America\u0026rsquo;s fight against the British following the battles of Lexington\u0026nbsp;and Concord in 1775\u0026hellip; \u0026ldquo;For many people who labor under the idea that the federal government is a tyrannical foreign oppressor like the British monarchy, Waco symbolizes a war of a government against its people,\u0026rdquo; Robert Blaskiewicz, a professor at Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, told CNN in 2011. \u0026ldquo;Nonetheless, in the mythology that has grown up around Waco and Oklahoma City among self-identified patriots, the 19th has become a sort of high holiday for those who think that they live under the thumb of a tyranny.\u0026rdquo;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFor the full article, visit \u003Cem\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/morning-mix\/wp\/2018\/04\/20\/the-weird-bloody-history-of-april-20-mass-murders-a-fake-news-war-and-environmental-disaster\/?utm_term=.e228a4461c14\u0022\u003EThe Washington Post\u003C\/a\u003E \u003C\/em\u003Ewebsite.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34554","created_gmt":"2018-04-23 15:00:07","changed_gmt":"2018-04-23 15:04:41","author":"ralu3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"graduation 2023","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/morning-mix\/wp\/2018\/04\/20\/the-weird-bloody-history-of-april-20-mass-murders-a-fake-news-war-and-environmental-disaster\/?noredirect=on\u0026utm_term=.53f93ae404a0","dateline":{"date":"2018-04-20T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2018-04-20T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"605407":{"id":"605407","type":"image","title":"Robert Blaskiewicz","body":null,"created":"1524495849","gmt_created":"2018-04-23 15:04:09","changed":"1524495849","gmt_changed":"2018-04-23 15:04:09","alt":"","file":{"fid":"230834","name":"Robert Blaskiewicz (Original).jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Robert%20Blaskiewicz%20%28Original%29.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Robert%20Blaskiewicz%20%28Original%29.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":9882,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Robert%20Blaskiewicz%20%28Original%29.jpg?itok=frIMiLSX"}}},"media_ids":["605407"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1283","name":"School of Literature, Media, and Communication"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"5653","name":"America"},{"id":"9998","name":"British"},{"id":"177749","name":"anti-government"},{"id":"177750","name":"monarchy"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}