Local AM radio in DFW ran a syndicated news blurb at the top of the hour one day this week. It said the Zimmerman trial in Florida was to start this week. They then described the trial as about a neighborhood watch man shooting an unarmed teen, “who could be heard screaming for his life “ in an audio recording.
You F’n kidding me? The national news introduces the story with that slanted description? It has not been established who was screaming, or if any recording exists but that did not stop the national socialist PRAVDA station from running with the States version of the story. What happened to innocent until proven guilty?
What I noticed, here in PA, was the statement that Zimmerman was on trial in the murder of Treyvon Martin. No, he’s on trial on charges that his killing of Treyvon Martin was unlawful and constituted murder 2.Is it the same there as here, that whenever a reporter reports a crime by person(s) unknown, the reports say that “the suspect” did such and such? They are Oh-so-unctious not to say that a named suspect is guilty before trial, to the extent that they say “suspect” when no suspect has been identified.” But then there is the Zimmerman case, and nobody is shy about saying or strongly suggesting that he is guilty.
I do so hope that Zimmerman sues, not only NBC, but the whole lot of them. Name them, “The Associated Press and each of its members” - and sue them for libel. Treble damages under RICO.People of the same trade seldom meet together, even for merriment and diversion, but the conversation ends in a conspiracy against the public, or in some contrivance to raise prices. It is impossible indeed to prevent such meetings, by any law which either could be executed, or would be consistent with liberty and justice. But though the law cannot hinder people of the same trade from sometimes assembling together, it ought to do nothing to facilitate such assemblies; much less to render them necessary. - Adam Smith, Wealth of Nations (Book I, Ch 10)The AP newswire is a virtual meeting of journalists nationwide. That “meeting” has been going on continually for over a century and a half - plenty of time for it to become “a conspiracy against the public.