ONCE THE SEED WAS PLANTED BY WHITE WRITERS OF A CERTAIN GENERATION. THAT SONNY LISTON WAS A HEROIN ADDICT. ALL THAT WAS NECESSARY AFTER THAT WAS TO PLACE HIS NAME IN ANY STORYLINE ABOUT HEROIN, AND HE WOULD BE ASSUMED GUILTY WITHOUT BEING JUDGED BY A JURY OF HIS PEERS. “CONFIRMATION BIAS”