Edward Musgrove Dealey (October 5, 1892 – November 27, 1969) was a journalist who became chairman of the board, president, and publisher of A.H. Belo, a media conglomerate that included the Dallas Morning News and WFAA Radio.
[2] 1n 1915, Dealey was a student at the Harvard Business School when he was offered a job at The Dallas Morning News, where his father was vice president of that newspaper's parent company, A.H. Belo.
Dealey also traveled to the Far East as a Morning News staff correspondent; at the conclusion of the war he witnessed the Japanese surrender on the USS Missouri.
As described by investigative reporter Peter Elkind: But the most critical difference between father and son was reflected on the editorial page.... Ted Dealey was a red-baiter, a supporter of Joe McCarthy, an unforgiving opponent of the United Nations, an enemy of social welfare and unions and federal aid, and so was his newspaper.
Dealey stood up and read the following prepared statement: The general opinion of the grassroots thinking in this country is that you and your administration are weak sisters.
We need a man on horseback to lead this nation, and many people in Texas and the Southwest think that you are riding Caroline’s [Kennedy's 3-year-old daughter] tricycle.
"[13] In November 1963, Dealey approved the publication in the Morning News of a full-page advertisement that was harshly critical of President Kennedy, implying that he was sympathetic to Communism.
[15][16] Dealey published articles in such popular magazines as the Saturday Evening Post as well as scholarly journals, such as the Southwestern Historical Quarterly.
This movie portrays Dealey using a wheelchair and omits the White House encounter with President Kennedy listed above.