Have you seen this: NY Times has an article. Good friend did the research and filed the FOIA: http://epic.org/2012/01/epic---foia-documents-reveal-h.html <---EPIC - FOIA Documents Reveal Homeland Security is Monitoring Political Dissent
In the 1890s, in a dry, neutral, "objective" tone the NY Times reported on southern lynchings by including the "crimes" the victims supposedly committed. A mere listing of facts is not journalism. Creating a context by researching and checking on the data is, as bitops implied below.
"When you cannot measure, your knowledge is meager and unsatisfactory." --Kelvin