It’s a felony in all 50 states, I imagine.
It’s a felony in all 50 states, I imagine.Still waiting to see the indictments for the folks that put a million dollar “dead or alive” warrant out on Zimmerman. Isn’t that a felony in FL?7 posted on March 8, 2013 7:14:36 AM EST by wesagain
The issue regarding NBC is that it is government-licensed journalism, and there needs to be higher standards for objectivity of licensed journalism than anything the broadcast networks have ever imagined being subject to. Do we want the government micromanaging that? Of course not - but the problem which is killing this republic is that the government licenses journalism outlets which listen to each other and read the newspapers whose editors also not only read each other but which communicate among themselves continuously via the AP newswire. Adam Smith described the inevitable result of that much communication among “competitors” - "the conversation ends in a conspiracy against the public, or in some contrivance to raise prices.” Only the AP “conversation” does not even end, ever.So we don’t want the Attorney General deciding what is objective and what is not, we don’t want a “fairness” doctrine enforced by the FCC. But that does not exclude a private citizen’s suing that whole cabal, including the FCC - and calling them to account in civil court precisely for defining “objectivity” as if it were their divine right to define it to suit their own convenience. Posting a reward for “dead or alive” apprehension of a presumptively innocent American is on its very face criminally advertising for a “hit.” And nobody in any major journalism outlet can find a voice to say so? Not even in a letter to the Editor???
Beyond that, we have a case where the prosecution is political, and the jury pool is not necessarily such that it will be possible to railroad a conviction - so do riots come next? And if so, are the broadcasters actually expecting to be able to report on that as a “great story” which they sanctimoniously claim has nothing to do with the fact that, de facto, they have advertised for that to happen? If they try that stunt they should be sued into oblivion. It should be a class-action suit by all victims of any rioting, and it should be a RICO lawsuit for triple damages.
And there have already reportedly been cases of assaults by thugs declaring themselves to “be” Trayvon Martin . . .