--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson <mjackson74@...> wrote: > > Every exchange like this just reinforces my belief that long > term TM makes ones brain turn into mush and removes the > ability to think clearly.
Right, Michael, you're obviously the clear-thinking one here. Too bad you haven't been able to address a single one of the points that have been made. Too bad you can only make your case by wildly exaggerating what was said in that clip. > How many times do you hear reporters give a show of hand > wringing over the fate of convicted rapists? Is that what they were doing? Or were they deliberately emphasizing how bad the consequences were going to be for these boys *as a warning* to other boys who might be tempted to engage in similar misbehavior? As in: This was a crime, and these guys are going to suffer for it the rest of their lives. You don't want to end up like them. > A reporters job > is to report the facts, not commiserate with the criminals Neither of them was "commiserating with the criminals." That's insane. (snip) > Your attitude seems to be - "Oh Candy is a TM'er and so > anything she does is beyond reproach" - you people > really are screwed up. No, buster, that you would think any of us had that attitude is what's really screwed up. > Take a look at what the non-TM world thinks of this crap: > > "CNN's unconscionable coverage of the Steubenville Rape > Case verdict is pissing everyone off. For the record, there were seven segments on CNN on Sunday about the verdict, not just the breaking-news item, which is what all the fuss is about. You can check out transcripts of all the segments here: http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/2013.03.17.html Interestingly, in the breaking-news item, following the appearance of the legal expert, Crowley and Harlow continued their discussion. Here's the transcript of that portion of the breaking-news item (which was not included in the clip): ----- CROWLEY: Paul, thanks. I want to bring Poppy back in -- because, Poppy, there's -- you know, the 16-year-old victim, her life, never the same, again. And I understand you have been talking to some of the families involved. HARLOW: Her life never the same again. Absolutely, Candy. The last thing she wanted to do was sit on that stand and testify. She didn't want to bring these charges. She said it was up to her parents. But I want to tell our viewers about a statement that her mother just made, just made in the court after the sentencing. Her mother just said that she has pity on the two young boys that did this. She said human compassion is not taught by teachers or coaches. It's a God-given gift, saying that you displayed a lack of compassion, a lack of moral code, saying that you were your own accuser throughout this for posting about this all over social media. And she said she takes pity on them. As far as her daughter, she said she will persevere, she will get through this. But the words of an angry mother who now has a sentence, that I believe she would consider or a verdict, just -- Candy. CROWLEY: CNN's Poppy Harlow, thank you. Also to our legal contributor Paul Callan. Of course, we will be following this story throughout the day. ----- And they did. But the jezebel.com post says: > Newscaster Candy Crowley, general correspondent Poppy > Harlow, and legal expert Paul Callan all did their very > best to focus solely on the guilty verdict's repercussions > on the two rapists. There's next to no coverage of the > girl who was brutally raped; instead, they talk almost > exclusively of the rapistsâ€" the two teenagers who had > such bright futures, and now their lives are completely > ruined from this one little indiscretion. Isn't it a shame > how they suffer?" This is simply not true, as you can see from the transcript above. I read the transcripts of a couple of the later segments on Sunday on the verdict, and it isn't true of them either. As I said, I'm not a fan of Crowley. But she has been treated unfairly in this discussion for the purpose of advancing an anti-TM agenda. And I think that stinks.
