BANGOR, Maine — A Maine newspaper that was criticized for publishing an edited version of Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech has offered an apology.
The Bangor Daily News said it had used an abridged version of the speech several times over the years, but it was criticized by a historian, cable news show host and others for “whitewashing” the address over the weekend.
The editorial board wrote Tuesday that editors believed the speech, at 1,600 words, was too long to run in its entirety as an editorial, but added that “our thinking needs to be revisited.