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.