>-----Original Message----- >From: John W. Redelfs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Saturday, March 06, 2004 10:22 PM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: [ZION] Trial by Media > > >What cracks me up, and would make me laugh if it >weren't so pathetic, is >the way people suppose they know whether someone is >guilty or innocent >because of the media coverage of a high profile trial. >Consider the Martha >Stewart trial, for instance. >She was found guilty of all four counts given to the >jury. The jury saw >all the evidence in court and unanimously found her >guilty even though each >juror had passed the veto of the defense during jury >selection. Yet a CNN >poll on the website showed that only about 60 percent >of the website >visitors thought she should have been convicted. >Another 40 percent >thought she should have been acquitted. > >On what basis? They weren't on the jury. They didn't >see the evidence or >hear the witnesses. All they have to go on is media >coverage. What is the >point of having a trial if guilt or innocence can be >determined without >one, without hearing the evidence or both sides of the story? > >The mob mentality, driven by the media, would be >laughable if it weren't so >sad.
You mean, sort of like the OJ trial? Ron ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// --^---------------------------------------------------------------- This email was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aaP9AU.bWix1n.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] TOPICA - Start your own email discussion group. FREE! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/create/index2.html --^----------------------------------------------------------------
