Journalists My Ass Part 2

It just keeps getting worse... but first a little background. Last year, 3 black people moved into Greene County and the Prosecutor decided we had a "gang problem". Thus, a grand jury was called and they indicted a bunch of folks (mostly black). Anyhow, the first person indicted by the grand jury had his trial this past week on charges of assault and armed criminal action. The Springfield News Leader sent a reporter to the trial each day for the 4 days it went on. And each day a story appeared in the paper about the trial's progress. Funny thing happened on the way to the prosecutor's slam dunk conviction. The jury found the man not guilty. The reporter was present in the courtroom when the verdict was announced. If you have read my previous post then you can guess where we are headed. That's right, no story appeared in the paper concerning the verdict. Newsworthy enough to cover all week long but the acquittal isn't important. You can bet the farm that had the verdict come back guilty, the story would have been on the front page. So what is the motive? Simple, the media hopes that by covering for the Prosecutor, they will get first scoop on arrests and busts so they can send out their cameras for some nice photo-ops. Disgusting.

Journalists My Ass

You would think that reporters would actually have some initiative and would seek out the truth rather than just sit there and repeat whatever the government tells them. Our office has won 4 straight jury trials in Greene County... guess how many stories have appeared in the news? Zero. The media has even told an attorney friend that they do not consider acquittals newsworthy. Yet every single time someone is convicted at trial, it appears on every media outlet in town. That's why prosecutors are so apt to the break the rules. they don't care if the case is overturned on appeal later- it won't be reported to the public.

Even worse is when the media just simply turns a blind eye... earlier this year our elected prosecutor and judge got in a pissing match over a 19 year old defendant. he had been indicted (more than likely cause there was no credible evidence against him). the judge released the young man on bond (after all he is presumed innocent). That pissed off the PA who took his soapbox to the media who was more than happy to help him slander the judge to media. The PA claimed he would never ever leave another criminal case in that courtroom (that lasted a whole week before he backtracked). The PA called the defendant "one of the most dangerous men in the county". The media )especially the local TV station) has a field day and covered this story for a solid week or two... well guess what happened.. the State DISMISSED the case cause.. you guessed it, no credible evidence. CASE DISMISSED.. you know how many stories the TV station ran about the dismissal.. ZERO. Mindless robots are all these "journalists" are. They would report that the sjy was red and water wasn't wet if the government told them to.