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.