Defede (pictured) broke the existing law and was fired. Defede knew he was breaking the law when he did it. I don't condone skirting the law for whatever reason.
Posted on 07/29/2005 11:42:02 AM PDT by summer
And the Nazis made all the trains run on time.
Here's a great piece of "work", lies and all, by a real piece of work, Defede:
Jokes about putting Elian to death and says Lincoln Marti school is anti-Jewish and anti-gay. Funny how Lincoln Marti is named after Lincoln and Jose Marti whose advisor was Jewish.
Actually DeFede fits right in with the Miami Herald cabal, but they had to make him their fall guy.
I can see how you are seeing it. I'm not sure if I see it that way at this point. But, this was a tragedy all the way around; I would certainly agree with that.
The article I posted in my post #15 is a great one. Sorry. I can't agree with your assessment of him!
Just being in Florida should be enough - resident or not.
Why the crap would it ever be against the law to tape a conversation? I'll tape any damn conversation I want to. They're already taped in my brain. Are they going to make me forget what I heard?
(Anyone who's a journalist, that is!)
The husband of a friend of ours in FL was abusing his kids. The mother wanted to bust him (this was during a divorce). The private eye said he could plant a video camera in the living room, but the microphone had to be turned off because of the FL law.
Defede (pictured) broke the existing law and was fired. Defede knew he was breaking the law when he did it. I don't condone skirting the law for whatever reason.
I'm sorry to hear about those kids being abused!
But, see post #7 for another view.
I've always opposed 2-party consent laws, since before Linda Tripp was almost prosecuted on one.
You can in most states. Just not in FL. Or Maryland. In MD Linda Tripp got in legal trouble for recording Monica Lewinsky's phone calls to her about Monica's encounters with Bill Clinton. Tripp plead ignorance but it's not a defense in MD (IIRC).
Does the law specify that consent can't be inferred or implied, that it has to asked for and given? If so, the journo is toast and deservedly so.
Doesn't make sense to me in the other states. What if someone calls you and threatens to burn down your home or kill you? You take that into the police station and they arrest you?
It's mike moore's brother!
The subject of whether journalists should be treated the same as everyone else under the law has come up a lot lately. Many people think that journalists should be treated differently. I disagree. Who is a journalist? Which laws are they exempt from? If the law itself doesn't answer these questions, then any exemption for anyone means that there is, in effect, no law. Should Dan Rather enjoy privileges not enjoyed by FR's Buckhead? Which privileges? Those specified by Dan Rather? Nonsense!
See, but I don't think this matter really involves the "journalist" as much as it involves this particular public official, under investigation. What if Defede thought Teele wanted to make some kind of public statement in response to these charges? That would make sense as to why Defede was taping Teele. I just think the fact Teele later committed suicide, is, almost irrelevant in this narrow circumstance of thep hone call, because how was Defede to know Teele's state of mind?
In fact, Defede said Teele did not display any sign that would lead one to think Teele was about to committ suicide...so, here's a reporter talking on the phone to an official who is being charged with a long list of crimes. Well, maybe the official wants to speak, and Defede wants to be accurate in reporting what Teele says. I'm not sure the Miami Herald could defend this firing in a court of law based on what I've read. I think the Miami Herald just got scared and dunped Defede because the Miami Herald didn't want the deal with any potential lawsuit from Teele's survivors.
the deal = to deal
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