[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?

[jandji]

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?

difference is the source of the information. the only source for the chair, is ed. notice the difference in the quote about the chair at the wright home. "Salt Lake County sheriff's deputies reported that the screen covering the 15- year-old's window was cut and that a chair was found by the window."