Considering there were plenty of sources in that story they could've called, including the fact this is defined as "an open secret" among Chicago criminal lawyers, I don't think they're trying particularly hard.
On Wed Feb 25 2015 at 11:27:43 AM Steve Timko <[email protected]> wrote: > I think part of the problem here is that they are trying to independently > verify it, as opposed to just cribbing it off The Guardian website. > > Sent from Blue Mail <http://r.bluemailapp.com> > On Feb 25, 2015, at 9:16 AM, Joe Hass <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> The (UK) Guardian pushed a story yesterday morning about Homan Square in >> Chicago, a former Sears-Roebuck warehouse that now functions as a Chicago >> Police Department evidence warehouse. Oh, and a CIA-level black site where >> people are routinely brought in undocumented, physically and >> psychologically abused, and are unable to contact or be located by anyone >> in the outside world, including friends, family, and attorneys. >> >> >> http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/feb/24/chicago-police-detain-americans-black-site >> >> This remains the most popular story on the Guardian's website more than >> 24 hours later. >> >> While this occurred on the same day as the mayoral election here, you >> would think might be worthy of mention in the local media, seeing it can >> only be described as one of the most horrific civil rights violations in >> the police department's long history of horrific civil rights violations. >> It took the Tribune nearly 12 hours to post even a mention of the story on >> its website, when it produced a story with a single quote: a statement from >> the Chicago Police Department that is essentially "who you gonna believe: >> me or your lyin' eyes?" >> >> >> http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-chicago-police-guardian-story-met-20150224-story.html >> >> But don't you worry: they had plenty of coverage of the Naperville guy >> who won that $252 million lottery jackpot! >> >> -- > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
