Posted on 05/16/2006 4:27:38 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest
by Mark Finkelstein
May 16, 2006
For those who think that sports broadcasts might offer a respite from liberal media spin . . . think again. At least when it comes to ESPN [an arm of ABC] the same ESPN that fired Rush Limbaugh for expressing his views on QB Donovan McNabb.
This time, ESPN let its liberal slip show in the matter of the Duke rape allegations. Yesterday, in the wake of his indictment, former lacrosse captain David Evans appeared before the press to assert his absolute innocence and those of his two co-defendants.
To comment on Evans' press appearance, ESPN, during the overnight edition of Sports Center, brought in its "legal analyst," a former Philly prosecutor by the name of Deborah Robinson. Commenting on Evans' press appearance, Robinson, with ill-concealed anger, claimed:
"It has no significance for the trial whatsoever. It's significant because it's unprecedented. I've never seen a defendant have a press conference before the trial even begins. . . It's tainting potential jurors, and that's what I think is the most significant thing about this press conference. The defense is trying to paint a picture for those jurors who will eventually hear the case about the defendant before the case even begins."
So let's get this straight. According to ESPN's employee, it is wrong for someone who passionately believes he has been wrongly accused of a heinous crime to publicly assert his innocence. Falsely accused defendants should simply sit in silence and take it.
Odd - I don't recall Robinson similarly condemning DA-cum-candidate Mike Nifong for his 70 press interviews and his public assertion that he believes the accuser - which of course amounts to accusing the defendant's of the crime. Guess outrage only works one way for ESPN's "legal analyst."
I was amazed with that ID. She picked Evans out of a lineup with 90% certainty, but it would be 100% if he still had his mustache. Evans never had a mustache according to the defense attorney and has pictures to prove it.
Yup!
Ending the Lacross season, firing the coach, and condemming the entire team, does not constitue 'tainting the jury pool', but proclaiming one's innocences is!
IDIOT ALERT!
Just this AM on CBS' morning show, Murphy waved away the moustache issue, saying it could have been a "shadow." That bitch in incredible...
If it could have easily been a shadow, then how the heck could she not pick him out of the line-up? I mean, it couldn't have been a very big mustache if it could have been a shadow, and is it really that hard to imagine what someone would look like with a small mustache?
Murphy has a shadow where her brain ought to be.
No, no, silly! Evans wore a fake mustache of course. Part of the Duke LAX gang rape kit.
Actually, Rush's comments weren't so much about McNabb, but about the media's reactions to McNabb. People forget about that...
Mark
It's worth noting that the lineup is worthless, as it only included Duke LAX team members. And this after the local fishwrap had helpfully printed a complete team roster with pics.
She also ID'd 4 men, not three.
This is probably true but a secondary motivation. What I saw was an honest kid up there telling the truth with no lawyer by his side. Trying to clear his name and shaming an out of control prosecutor who is dragging his lacrosse team friends through the mud.
Not to say a lawyer might not have advised him on this clever, honest, forthright course of action. But no visible media spin team, which must have impressed TV viewers. Score one for lacrosse team and a loss for the racist prosecutor
He was at ESPN for awhile before being fired....not liberal enough I suppose.
A shadow? The shadow of a mustache? I presume everybody broke out laughing at that comment. That sounds as dumb as saying the guys put on jackets before rape.
Murphy defended her emasculated boy the Rapist in Chief when he said" I did not have sex with that woman, Miss Lewinksy". She also gave him a pass when he told his rape victim to put some ice on that. She is a man hating liberal Massachusetts Democrat hack who likes her men girly like Dukakis, Kennedy, and the spandex wearing Mr. Pickle Princess. Mr. Evans stood up before the whole world and told the truth and she cannot handle truth.
And they are all owned by the evil Disney.
The city of evil. Ithaca, NY. He's a Cornell grad.
Hey, I resemble that remark! I also live in Ithaca, and am a Cornell grad. So you see, there are a few of us here!
And a good spy in the enemy camp you are, too, LOL!!
Thanks. I have to say that I'm one of more conspicuous spies, since I spout my conservative beliefs weekly on my local public-access show, among other forums! ;-)
A sports reporter is so far down on the food chain of human endeavor that the posting of his drivel is inexcusable.
To post such garbage is to encourage the man to believe he is worth the air he breathes every day.
He did have a lawyer by his side - the same one who spoke out Friday evening when they got the recent DNA results faxed to them at the end of the business day/week. Nice touch there....
But anyway, the lawyer let the young man speak for himself, and I think he did very well.
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