Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/02/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hehehehe....just let these same "unsubstantiated allegations" be made against a Republican senator from the "old south", and watch the "professional" media go into a goddamn feeding frenzy.... On Sun, 28 Feb 1999, B. D. Colen wrote: > > Bill Erfurth wrote > >>Or, those 'paragon's of journalistic objectivity' at NBC News who > tried to kill the Broaddrick Rape Story by sitting on it? > > Come-on Carl, open your mind...you have been reading the New York Time > too long.<< > > 1. Because there are no corroborating witnesses whose testimony is not > either in dispute or highly suspect; because there is no physical evidence; > because there is no proof the accussor and accussee were ever in the hotel > in question, much less in the same room on the same day and at the same > time; because, while the accusor can remember the most incredibly minute > details, but not the day, month, or time of the year; because the alleged > crime occured 21 years ago; we will never know whether Broadrrick's > allegations - and remeber, they are allegations and there used to be a > presumption of innocence in this country - are true or not. > > 2. NBC was correct not to run the story and wrong to run it. If one applies > any basic journalistic standards to the story thus far, it was not ready to > run. A responsible media outlet does not run 21-year-old allegations of an > alleged crime that was never reported, and could never be prosecuted because > the statute of limitations ran out 14 years ago with having what at least > looks like PROOF that the crime even took place. > > > > > Regards, > Bill > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________ > DO YOU YAHOO!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > >