cmicheals reappears:
"How do I know? I spoke to many of them at the Durham NAACP's banquet Saturday night at the Hilton where...well, well, well, none other that Duke Pres. Brodhead delivered the keynote. He had some interesting things to say about the case too, but I'm sure you're not interested, especially since I was probably the only reporter there (though I did see The Herald-Sun's Bob Ashley at a table)."
http://forums.go.com/abclocal/WTVD/thread?threadID=138673
* It seems the strategy now will be to bludgeon all dissent in durham with the mighty R-word.
Wonder who else attended the banquet. Does the keynote remain a state secret?
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2006
Cheshire's New Best Friend
Over the past several months we , and several others, have questioned the transparent motives of the Herald Sun's slanted coverage of the Hoax.
It appears that additional confirmation of the concerted propaganda campaign has come in the form of comments made by editorial page editor, Greg Childress, to frequent Herald Sun contributor, Deborah Correll. In response to her questioning of the Herald Sun's overt efforts to promote District Attorney Mike Nifong, and his hijacked hoax, Mr Childress offered the following justification:
"Countless black men have been falsely accused in the past.....so what's such a big deal about these lacrosse players?"
[snip]
Sadly, it appears that NCCU associate law professor, Fred Williams, may have been quite prophetic when he stated:
"A significant part of this community is made up of minorities-this is a chance to get back at the white folks." (The Chronicle)
Certainly, many of these expressions are extreme view points, and not representative of the Durham community as a whole. Professor Williams notes that there are also fragments of the community that are also quite opposed to the District Attorney and his dubious prosecution.
Hearing the radical sentiments, however, echoed by a man in a position to influence the editorial agenda of the county's only major daily, and noting the extremely slanted coverage offered to date by that same newspaper, extends the prejudicial impact of Mr. Childress' statements from a reflection of an isolated, individual viewpoint to that of an influential opinion maker. Quite possibly, Mr. Childress, and the Herald Sun, have just made themselves the defense attorneys best friends.
http://liestoppers.blogspot.com/2006/11/cheshires-new-best-friend.html