Press coverage of 2001 Telethon protests
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August 29, 2001: "Pity this! Disability activists hate the Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon as much as you do," by Emily Teplin, in San Francisco Bay Guardian
August 28, 2001: Letter to the Editor of the Santa Cruz Sentinel by Lauren Biancucci
August 25, 2001: On A Roll radio's August 26 broadcast, including discussion about the movement against Telethon (requires RealPlayer)
August 2001: Activists Call on Disability Community to Protest Jerry Lewis Telethon, in Ragged Edge Online
July 17, 2001: "The Nutty Profess-ion" by Laura Hershey, in rabble
June 13, 2001: "LEWIS STICKS FOOT IN MOUTH," by Kevin McCauley, in O'Dwyer's PR Daily