being part of the media and living here is a challenge. rarely people like myself are rarely the ones who control our narrative and story. it was too easy to come gawk at west virginia. lazy depicks of stereotypical west virginians, hill billies and hicks to be pitied and made objects of laughter. to this day, you re going to see dirty faced kids barefoot on a front porch shaking lyndon b. johnson s hand. declaring his war on poverty, a good thing, yes? but the press portraying the