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But the accompanying press tour portraying the people here as an incapable and bewildered helpless masse, missed the basic essential character -- the pride and the self-reliant core of the people here. that damage is lasting. >> elaine: when you come in and keep telling us how poor, fat -- how all these things are -- i think weve all felt it at some point. shame. >> anthony: what should people know about this area that they dont know, that theyre not getting? >> nick: well, i think its been said...

Challenge because rarely, people like myself actually are the ones that control our narrative, that control our story. ♪ >> anthony: it was always too easy to come gawk at west virginia. to make it the poster child for whatever the agenda of the moment was. lazy depictions of stereotypical west virginians. hillbillies and hicks, tucked into isolated hollers to be pitied or made objects of laughter and derision. >> elaine: if you google appalachia to this day, youre going to see dirty-faced kid...

Being part of the media, but living here, is a really big challenge because rarely, people like myself actually are the ones that control our narrative, that control our story. ♪ >> anthony: it was always too easy to come gawk at west virginia. to make it the poster child for whatever the agenda of the moment was. lazy depictions of stereotypical west virginians. hillbillies and hicks, tucked into isolated hollers to be pitied or made objects of laughter and derision. >> elaine: if you google ...

Than that. >> anthony: in 1964, lyndon johnson declared his war on poverty. a good thing, yes? but the accompanying press tour portraying the people here as an incapable and bewildered helpless masse, missed the basic essential character -- the pride and the self-reliant core of the people here. that damage is lasting. >> elaine: when you come in and keep telling us how poor, fat -- how all these things are -- i think weve all felt it at some point. shame. >> anthony: what should people know abo...

A good thing, yes? but the accompanying press tour portraying the people here as an incapable and bewildered helpless masse missed the basic essential character -- the pride and the self-reliant core of the people here. that damage is lasting. >> elaine: when you come in and keep telling us how poor, fat -- how all these things are -- i think weve all felt it at some point. shame. >> anthony: what should people know about this area that they dont know, that theyre not getting? >> nick: its just ...

People here has incapable and helpless missed the basic essential character. the pride and self reliant core of the people. that damage is lasting. >> when you come in and tell us how poor, fat and all of these things are. we felt it at some point, shame. >> what should people know about this area that they dont know? >> how much that people in this area have been exploited. >> came in and bought up all of the mineral -- the coal and timber companies exing tracting and taking everybodys labor ri...

Challenge because rarely, people like myself actually are the ones that control our narrative, that control our story. >> anthony: vo it was always too easy to come gawk at west virginia. to make it the poster child for whatever the agenda of the moment was. lazy depictions of stereotypical west virginians, hillbillies and hicks, tucked into isolated hollers to be pitied or made objects of laughter and derision. elaine if you google appalachia to this day, youre going to see dirty-faced kids, ba...

Essential character, the pride and the self- reliant core of the people here. that damage is lasting. elaine when you come in and keep telling us how poor, fat- how all these things are- i think weve all felt it at some point: shame. >> tony: what should people know about this area that they dont know, that theyre not getting? >> nick: well, i think its been said, but its just not been hit home: its just how much that people in this area have been exploited. the land agents who came in and bough...

Have to shore it up and give it support. i agree with what ann was saying, he didnt speak in liberal democratic norms and, essential character. instead he spoke as if it was a cultural, sectarian conflict where there was europe and christian europe against unnamed other. not just what he says when he goes to these places, but what he doesnt say. free press, independent judiciary and the stuff we learned to tune out because we were so used to it from every president. he doesnt say that. the peopl...

But lets just be straight about it. you cant say to the american people one thing and then say something else to the prout and then come out -- to the supreme court and then come out and pretend you never said it. its a matter of judicial record. >> its the haw of the land. im going to read you something from the supreme courts decision because they actually explicitly rejected the argument it was a penalty. they accepted the argument from the solicitor general, and then they said the funds refe...