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Eugene Robinson: Simeon Booker, a courageous and persistent advocate of truth

Journalism’s response must be to tell the president — politely, with all due respect to the office — to stuff it.

Mamie Till Mobley weeps at her son's funeral on Sept. 6, 1955, in Chicago.  Till, mother of Emmett Till, insisted that her son's body be displayed in an open casket forcing the nation to see the brutality directed at blacks in the South at the time.   The FBI announced Wednesday, May 4, 2005, that Till's body will be exhumed to conduct an autopsy, which was never performed, and determine the cause of death. (AP Photo/Chicago Sun-Times)

Mamie Till Mobley weeps at her son's funeral on Sept. 6, 1955, in Chicago. Till, mother of Emmett Till, insisted that her son's body be displayed in an open casket forcing the nation to see the brutality directed at blacks in the South at the time. The FBI announced Wednesday, May 4, 2005, that Till's body will be exhumed to conduct an autopsy, which was never performed, and determine the cause of death. (AP Photo/Chicago Sun-Times)