Comments on: After an error is pointed out… https://www.overlawyered.com/2013/07/after-error-pointed-out/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Mon, 29 Jul 2013 15:00:06 +0000 hourly 1 By: Press, lawyers, advocacy groups, and the misreporting of the MartinZimmerman affair - Overlawyered https://www.overlawyered.com/2013/07/after-error-pointed-out/comment-page-1/#comment-231390 Mon, 29 Jul 2013 15:00:06 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=40218#comment-231390 […] Cathy Young arraigns the press for “an ideology-based, media-driven false narrative that has distorted a tragedy into a racist outrage.” Bob Somerby at Daily Howler has been documenting chapter and verse for some time, including this reminder of how the New York Times early on, taking dictation from Martin family lawyers, popularized a super-inflammatory “two-shot, cold blood” narrative that influenced public perceptions. Much of this is already familiar to readers of Overlawyered coverage including posts discussing media handling of the case here, here, here, here, and here. […]

]]> By: Robert https://www.overlawyered.com/2013/07/after-error-pointed-out/comment-page-1/#comment-230796 Sat, 27 Jul 2013 02:52:00 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=40218#comment-230796 It would really help if non “extreme” sites would try to dispel the myths around the Zimmerman case.

The more facts I read about the case, especially the first-hand materials obtained from FOIA requests for information introduced as evidence at the trial, the facts about Mr. Zimmerman in the past like his efforts to help Sherman Ware, etc, the more horrified I become.

The African American community, and our Government, from the President on down, has maliciously and intentionally tried to harm George Zimmerman in a manner that is unprecedented. Mr. Martin’s parents–who by any definition are bad parents–have been invited to speak before Congress! Disgusting and inappropriate.

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