Media distortion bears fruit as Harvard academic laps it up without checking

Stop the ACLU ^ | April 3, 2012 | John J. Ray , M.A.; Ph.D.

[2ndDivisionVet]

The following paragraph was written by Nancy Gertner, a retired US District Court judge, and a professor at Harvard Law School:

“Nothing prevents the Sanford police from critically evaluating Zimmerman’s account, as police do in so many situations, and concluding that it was contradicted by the girlfriend’s account, by 911 tapes of other bystanders shortly before the killing, that it makes no sense for Martin to start a fight since Zimmerman obviously had a gun in a holster, was substantially larger than Martin, since the encounter took place close to where Martin was staying and he was moments away from safety.”

She’s accepted uncritically the relevance of all those pretty media pictures showing Martin when he was about 12 years old. She really thinks that Zimmerman was the tall one — when in fact Martin was 6″ taller than Zimmerman.

What a clown she is! If that’s what passes for proper judicial scrutiny at Harvard, we are all in big trouble. Anybody who appeared before when she was a judge and lost his case should take a screenshot of her original article above and use it to petition for a re-opening of his case.

I’ve got a question for the learned lady. What would she feel if she found the guy in the photo below looking down on her on a dark night?

(PHOTO AT LINK)

Because that’s a picture of the 17 year old 6′3″ Trayvon Martin that Zimmerman encountered. And don’t forget that it is she, not I who said that height is important.

The first time I saw the media pictures of Martin and then read his age I smelt a rat. Blind Freddy would know that a normal black male would be at or near full physical maturity at age 17 — as Martin in fact was — so why were they showing pictures of what looked like a 12-year-old kid? Easy answer: The whole thing is a media beatup designed to sell newspapers. And people lacking in critical thinking ability — such as Harvard faculty — fell for it hook line and sinker.

And if you think it’s not a beatup consider the two cases below for contrast:

(PHOTO AT LINK)

Shawn Tyson (above) was sentenced this week for murdering two white British tourists in Florida. No rallies against violence and no charges of racism. Tyson even referred to his victims as “crackers” so it was a clear hate crime.

Terry Moore, 32, was beaten this week by a mob of black males. Again, no rallies against racism; no public outpouring of support for the victim. Such black-on-White violence is the norm and only rarely makes it to anything but local headlines.

QED

[2ndDivisionVet]

The backlash is starting, but they don't seem to care very much. Why is that? What do they know that we don't?

[freedumb2003]

>>The backlash is starting, but they don’t seem to care very much. Why is that? What do they know that we don’t? <<

When you pimpin’, you don’t interrupt you lady when she is negotitatin’...

The pimps are on the scene so now we seein’ the negotitatiation..

[piytar]

Nothing. The left realy is just that out of touch. It’s an inevitable consequence of the cognitive dissonance needed to be a leftdolt...

[Eldon Tyrell]

I think I pointed this out to you before - but you might see it now -

They don’t care.

“What they know” - is that the targets of their propaganda - are simpletons, who don’t penalize the media for craziness.

You need to change your assumptions concerning the situation. They do not value their credibility.

They cannot lose credibility with rational people - we already know the media is in the bag for the Leftists, racists, and Obama. So - in other words - sinking lower with us - won’t hurt them.

The irrational - are their targets. And the irrational - don’t make them pay a penalty for this silliness. (Pick any recent example over last few years - Tea partiers spitting on CBC? for example - hoax with no penalty.)

Get ready for 7 more months of this - escalating to near fraudulent levels.

[ArmstedFragg]

They know the incredibly short attention span and the appetite for sensation of much of the American public. All they have to do is plant the meme and move on. By the time the truth is known the crowd'll be focused on the next distraction.

Here's a handy experiment: tally up the number of people who think Palin actually said she could see Russia from her kitchen. Then carefully observe how they get glassy eyed when you explain she never said it. The most widespread myth gets immediately adopted, the facts get drowned out by the next distraction.

[Netizen]

How many of the black on white cases are hitting the networks for joe average to hear about versus these articles that we read online so we know about them. They count on the masses to be spoon fed the pablum that they serve. And the masses lap it up.

[Publius6961]

What a clown she is! If that’s what passes for proper judicial scrutiny at Harvard, we are all in big trouble.

I prefer to look at the bright side.
This particular clown is retired.

[Publius6961]

She’s accepted uncritically the relevance of all those pretty media pictures showing Martin when he was about 12 years old. She really thinks that Zimmerman was the tall one — when in fact Martin was 6″ taller than Zimmerman.

That "child" picture, which keeps circulating, is the most damning indictment of a mainstream media gone totally rogue. Who would actually pay to see embarrasing propaganda?

[Publius6961]

The most widespread myth gets immediately adopted, the facts get drowned out by the next distraction.

You forgot to factor in another critical requirement: sub-70 IQ.

[2ndDivisionVet]

If he gets re-elected somehow, I will find a way to move my wife and myself to another country like Singapore or the Philippines.

[lowbridge]

Bump