Comments on: Lawyers who “continue to make irresponsible statements to the media”

By: Richard Nieporent

Richard Nieporent — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 16:57:53 +0000

Right, Richard. I get it.

Unfortunately you still don’t get it (and yes I know your comment was sarcasm). Read your own words in your previous comment: “Is this a liberal/conservative issue? If so, why?” I simply answered your question of why it has become a liberal//conservative issue. I did not address the issue you just raised in your new comment. If this was supposed to be a “lawyer trick” on your part to change the subject because you didn’t like my answer, it didn’t work. Next time try the Chewbaca defense or was that what you were trying to do?

By: Ron Miler

Ron Miler — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 14:49:02 +0000

Right, Richard. I get it. This is only a story because liberals are making it about race. Otherwise, it would be a non story.

I think I know exactly where you are coming from.

By: Misleading audio clips and media transparency

Misleading audio clips and media transparency — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 14:32:36 +0000

[…] case the questionable audio readings included the “two-shot” account influentially advanced by the New York Times when the case first broke nationally, and the supposed racial slur which dominated coverage for a […]

By: Jack Olson

Jack Olson — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 12:23:07 +0000

Marco73, what they hope to gain is not a slice of the settlement of any lawsuit but free advertising. They want to get their business cards into the Rolodex of every reporter and editor looking for comments which reliably fit the newspaper’s or TV show’s preferred narrative and are quickly, easily available.

By: marco73

marco73 — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 11:36:42 +0000

The local media have been beating the drum on this case for weeks, with really not a whole lot going on. There is now an arrest, and there should be a trial, although it will take herculean efforts to seat a jury.

At the same time, in Central Florida there are daily murders by white killer on white victim, black on black, and black on white, that get a minor mention and are then forgotten.

Honestly, what is the attorney for the Martin family actually going to get, besides some headlines? There aren’t any apparent deep pockets for the inevitable civil lawsuit. Zimmerman doesn’t have any money, and the homeowner’s association will have a pretty minor insurance policy. Who are they going to sue, skittles?

By: Richard Nieporent

Richard Nieporent — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 20:12:21 +0000

I would explain it to you Ron, but if you have to ask you wouldn’t understand. However, I will give you a hint. Which side of the political spectrum goes out of its way to cast every incident in racial terms.

By: great unknown

great unknown — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 19:53:19 +0000

When, exactly, was the NYT a “gold standard of journalism.” Walter Duranty was their Moscow bureau chief in the twenties and thirties and a straight-out mouthpiece for Stalin . For which he was awarded the Pulitzer.

By: Yeaah

Yeaah — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 19:29:58 +0000

@Ron Miler: Yes, it is liberal/conservative issue. Everything including recommended toothpaste is liberal/conservative issue last years.

I do not know why. I think that it would be much better, if it would be possible to go through issues without making them part of us vs them war.

Thinking about it again, I have some tips:
* It is easier to gain political capital if you make everything liberal/conservative issue.
* It is easier to crash opponents, if you make it liberal vs conservative.
* It is easier to force your party to care about your pet issue (even if nobody else really cares), if you make it liberal vs conservative.
* It is easier to force primary selection candidates to take your stance, if you make it liberal vs conservative.
* Is is easier to manipulate people, if you make it liberal vs conservative.
* More people will watch your news channel, if you make them confrontational liberal vs conservative.

By: Ron Miler

Ron Miler — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 18:53:43 +0000

Is this a liberal/conservative issue? If so, why?

By: Birdcage_owner

Birdcage_owner — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 18:14:17 +0000

I confess to making use of the NYT for exactly the “wrong” purpose stated here, to line the bird cage. The Sunday version is voluminous and has many page I can safely repurpose without bothering to read.