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"Clay Beats Liston February 25, 1964"From the accounts of various Kentucky newspapers, I was able to learn a few events virtually Cassius Clay, later known as Muhammad Ali, as well as the attitudesof his fellow Kentuckians. The rootage thing I noticed in all the newspapers thatI viewed was that almost all the articles compose some the fight were writtenby writers from either the Associated Press (AP) or United Press International(UPI). This displayed three things about the Kentucky press, first the beliefthat Clays fight was not important enough to cover themselves, secondly thatthe newspapers probably did not make enough money to send their own reporters put through to Miami Beach, and finally the localization of the newspapers audiences.Another aspect of the fight is the effect it had on Kentucky society, especiallythe sports scene.I primarily noticed that almost all the papers utilize reports from theAssociated Press and the United Press International, even the (Lou isville)Courier-Journal, one of Clays hometown newspapers, used reports from theAssociated Press. The only articles that were not written by a member of theAssociated Press were the very rare editorials written about the fight. The useof reports from the AP and the UPI shows that most newspapers did not think thefight was very newsworthy. Only one newspaper published an article that was notwritten by a member of the Associated Press or the United Press International,however that one article was an editorial about Cassius Clays new found wealthand not the actual fight. The lack of coverage also proves that even thoughblacks were supposed to be equal to whites, that in reality achievements byblacks and whites were treated differently. no(prenominal) of the newspapers that I readdisplayed a large picture or advertise proclaiming that Cassius Clay was the newheavyweight champion of the world. Most newspapers had an average sizedheadline stating that Clay was the new champion, but no ne had an article abouthim on the front page. This further illustrates that achievements by blackswere believed to be less important than the achievements of whites. I maximalmost the same amount of articles on high school basketball, as I did on thefight. Although I am not surprised by the fact that high school basketballreceived almost a page of coverage, I am alarmed by the fact that this one pageof coverage on basketball was the same amount of coverage for the boxing match.The stories by Associated Press and United Press International illustratetwo more facts about Kentucky during the 1960s, primarily that most of