Article 66CRA LeBron James queries why media asked him about Irving but not Jerry Jones

LeBron James queries why media asked him about Irving but not Jerry Jones

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  • Controversial photo of Jones as a teenager has emerged
  • James suggests that reporters are guilty of double standards

LeBron James took reporters to task on Wednesday for their failure to ask him about a controversial photo featuring Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones.

The Washington Post recently unearthed a photo from 1957 in which a teenaged Jones is in the crowd while a mob of white boys blocks six Black students from entering Arkansas' North Little Rock High. The photo was taken in a period when schools had started to desegregate in the United States. Jones has said he was an observer during the incident and had been unaware of what was going on.

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