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Don’t Expect Media Apologies—Ever—for the Duke Lacrosse Case
City Journal ^ | 22 Dec, 2024 | Harry Stein

Posted on 12/24/2024 7:29:54 AM PST by MtnClimber

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1 posted on 12/24/2024 7:29:54 AM PST by MtnClimber
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Leftism is a cult. This is proven every time a hoax like this is disproven and the left yawns.


2 posted on 12/24/2024 7:31:11 AM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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It is likely that HBO bought the rights to “Until Proven Innocent” so that it would never see the light of day.


3 posted on 12/24/2024 7:33:00 AM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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The media ran with the Russia hoax for four years. After multiple investigations showed there was nothing to the story, do you think that the Democrats and the media said to themselves, “Hey, maybe we should go easy on Donald Trump for all the fake crap we just put him through.” Hell no. They doubled down on every rumor, innuendo and contrived investigation that they could cobble together. Apologize? In their Machiavellian mindset, truth doesn't matter. To their way of thinking, there is nothing to apologize for.
4 posted on 12/24/2024 7:42:53 AM PST by fhayek
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Not until my Tagline is no longer valid, about the day after never.


5 posted on 12/24/2024 8:09:57 AM PST by libertylover (Our biggest problem, by far, is that almost all of big media is AGENDA-DRIVEN, not-truth driven.)
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If they apologize then they’re admitting that they did something wrong. If they did something wrong, they can get sued. It’s that simple.


6 posted on 12/24/2024 8:19:22 AM PST by FrankRizzo890
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It is too bad that the law always conveniently forgets about punishing the accuser when they are wrong. If it wasn’t for the parents of those boys they be sitting in jail, fortunately they never gave up. I hope that wrongful accuser rots in jail.


7 posted on 12/24/2024 8:19:44 AM PST by Saintgermain ( )
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Nasty Grace should have been put in a gibbet for her coverage:


8 posted on 12/24/2024 8:26:45 AM PST by DCBryan1 (Inter arma enim silent leges! - Cicero )
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“As Stuart Taylor and KC Johnson write in Until Proven Innocent, their definitive work on the Duke lacrosse scandal...”

I read this book about 5 years ago. It’s a long read - but never boring or tedious. It is a great read - a book about a justice system, educational system and media system run amok.

I would encourage all Freepers to get this book.


9 posted on 12/24/2024 8:31:07 AM PST by MplsSteve
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Rape is the most lied about crime.


10 posted on 12/24/2024 8:54:54 AM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: MtnClimber

Precisely.


11 posted on 12/24/2024 9:07:03 AM PST by sauropod ("You didn't take a country. You only won a football game!" - Dan Dakich Ne supra crepidam)
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Naturally CNN and other liberal outlets are going to ignore Mangum’s confession. This is where the conservative media needs to step up and make it a story so people are aware of it. It is ironic that it falls exclusively to conservatives to undo the left’s constant poisoning of race relations in this country. Conservatives are the only ones operating responsibly when it comes to race but are constantly demonized as the bad guys. Maybe that will change in the Trump era.


12 posted on 12/24/2024 9:17:53 AM PST by Yardstick
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...Crystal Mangum, the accuser in the infamous 2006 Duke lacrosse case...

I have no recollection of this infamous event.

13 posted on 12/24/2024 10:39:48 AM PST by GingisK
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Or any other lie they get caught in.


14 posted on 12/24/2024 10:58:33 AM PST by Luke21
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I have no recollection of this infamous event.

The DA, Mike Nifong, prosecuted the Duke Lacrosse team for raping a black stripper even though he very likely knew the accusation was false. He probably did it for the fame it would bring him. Just google "Duke Lacrosse Case" and even google may turn up stories published about the case. And when the stripper (now convicted murderer) admits she made up the story there is just crickets from the MSM.

15 posted on 12/24/2024 11:00:09 AM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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Nobody ever talks about men falsely accused of sexual harassment over the past thirty plus years either. They have a lot of feminist and woke arrows to fire.


16 posted on 12/24/2024 11:02:19 AM PST by Luke21
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Or any other lie they get caught in.

Like Trump-Russia collusion.

17 posted on 12/24/2024 11:07:05 AM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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Stephen Miller was right from the beginning!

The mis-repotting journos owe us all an apology!


18 posted on 12/24/2024 11:26:43 AM PST by Honorary Serb (Kosovo is Serbia! Free Srpska! Abolish ICTY!)
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“Naturally CNN and other liberal outlets are going to ignore Mangum’s confession.”

Actually, several have covered it:

https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/14/us/crystal-mangum-duke-lacrosse-allegations/index.html

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5993142/2024/12/13/crystal-mangum-duke-lacrosse-players-rape/

https://www.newsweek.com/crystal-magnum-admits-making-duke-lacrosse-gangrape-accusations-2000435

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/12/13/duke-lacrosse-rape-crystal-mangum/

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/13/crystal-mangum-woman-accused-duke-lacrosse-players/


19 posted on 12/24/2024 11:46:04 AM PST by Fury
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Nobody ever talks about men falsely accused of sexual harassment over the past thirty plus years either.

So what are men waiting for?

20 posted on 12/24/2024 12:01:33 PM PST by TwelveOfTwenty (Prayers for the US and President Trump)
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