[jandji]

"Whether you or I or Ed or Derek Jenses say that police discovered the chair is not germane to the discussion. What's important is that the chair was discoverd by the police immediately after the abduction."

i think it has every thing to do with the origin of the statement. the key phrase here would be, "Police discovered a wrought-iron chair below the Smart family's kitchen window the morning Elizabeth Smart was abducted from her bedroom, her father says" ..notice the police don't say they 'discovered' a chair, ED says the police 'discovered' a chair.

[Jolly Green]

i think it has every thing to do with the origin of the statement. the key phrase here would be, "Police discovered a wrought-iron chair below the Smart family's kitchen window the morning Elizabeth Smart was abducted from her bedroom, her father says" ..notice the police don't say they 'discovered' a chair, ED says the police 'discovered' a chair.

You are trying to ignore the key point. Was there or was there not a chair? We know that there was. What the hell difference does it make who spilled the beans to the press?