Posted on 07/15/2004 8:26:56 PM PDT by kristinn
Could have been one of those 'what are they saying online?' kind of articles
An atrocity was committed against this boy...May God be with those who loved him and guide those who search for the perpetrator(s).
The reporter must be a Freeper. I mentioned the Arkansas killings, after another poster said the same thing. What a horrible way to die.
Seems to me we ought to sue the bejesus out of anyone who prints origional information off this site. Turnabout is fair play ya know...
a Web site dedicated to news and activismHey, wait a minute! I thought this was "a reactionary right wing noise machine." ;')
Funny! My mother used to be the editor of the WDN, but then they were bought out by a company and fired everyone on staff. They now have college age kids working there. Some even high school. But it is a small town paper that has kids trying to make a daily paper. If you ask me, if you want to get any info on this that is credible, check the Wichita Eagle.
Community journalism serves its purpose. Still, I agree..check the Eagle. They are supposed to release new info ASAP.
"Mostly, I'm surprised that the reference to FR was not negative, but actually makes us look good."
I don't know--when you have Linda Ronstadt saying that a Republican or a Christian in her audience ruins the concert for her, those "God Bless" benedictions are certainly seen as self-indictments by many.
Thanks...I remember that and the Mena Reg. Airport Cocaine ring, Klintoons' drugdealer partners/friends ...and Slick Willie/Bubba is still on the loose. :((
Although I'm glad to see a news article that doesn't put FR on a negative light for a change, that is the laziest journalism I've seen in a while. Just grabbing quotes off a message board instead of interviewing people on the street. Granted, though, it's extremely difficult to get a proper quote out of a "man on the street"...
..on a lighter note, Invasion of the Bodysnathcers, the FR Edition. :/
..I don't think any insult and/or injury was intended...sorry, if that was was inferred. :((
I'm sure that by now every angle has probably already been done on this story, so the writer decided to go with a "what are they saying on-line?" article. In such a small town this would be a huge story, something everyone was still talking about. So, naturally it would still be making headlines in the local paper too, and there's only so much that can be said without getting redundant. It looks to me like the author wasn't lazy at all, but came up with an original angle then got on-line and did some research.
In a way, I think it might be somewhat comforting for the family of this young man to read that people all across the nation know and care about what happened and that we are grieving with them and keeping them in our prayers.
I don't want to flame anyone, but I am distressed by some of the critiques I've seen of the article on this thread. The writer was quite generous to us, not only casting FR in a good light but pretty much shining a spotlight on us. There's a good chance that the author of this article, residents of that town, and family members of the victim could show up to peruse this thread. (We've already got one who has, and we've succeeded in upsetting him/her.) I just don't think it's a good idea for us to nitpick or behave pettily when there's such a high possibility that people who've been personally affected by this terrible tragedy could be visiting us here.
I posted on this tread when it first came up.
I don't understand why any news organization would write an article about it.
This site is a cyber equivalent of a group of like minded, well informed, strongly opinionated people discussing a current event around a water cooler.
By and large it does cast freepers in a favorable light but the article is worthless. It does not contribute one bit of illumination to the tragic and bizzare death of this young man.
The outrageous, the unusual, the bizarre will always be the topic for conversation, always has been, always will be.
07/23/04Deputies dispell some Allen rumors
WELLINGTON -- Investigators have shed new light on details surrounding the death of Jacob Allen."Many times it has been reported that he was nude," said Jeff Hawkins, chief detective in the case. "That is absolutely, positively, wrong."
Hawkins said these reports have been "a sore spot" in the investigation for him as well as Allen's family.
Refuting other media reports, investigators have not deemed the death a suicide.
"Absolutely, officially, there has been no determination as to the manner of this young man's death," said Hawkins.
Also announced: toxicology reports indicate Allen was not intoxicated and had no drugs in his system.
Allen's death was in the early morning hours of July 5 near the railroad crossing on Bluff Road, near Milan.
http://www.wgtndailynews.com/articles/2004/07/23/news/news1.txt
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