Posted on 08/25/2006 3:52:50 PM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest
by Mark Finkelstein
August 25, 2006 - 18:42
The New York Times might be thankful that it is not on trial with Dan Abrams serving as prosecutor. The impassioned argument he made against the journalistic value of the Times' lengthy account of the Duke rape case in today's paper, Files From Duke Rape Case Give Details but No Answers, might have sent the paper to the Big House for years to come.
Interviewed by Tucker Carlson, Abrams, who until taking over as head of MSNBC had his own justice-oriented show on the network, came out guns ablazin'.
"I thought it was shameful. I think it was an editorial on the front page of what is supposed to be the news division of the newspaper."
It didn't get any better for the Times. Additional excerpts from Abrams appearance:
"[The article] glossed over the major weaknesses in this case and the inconsistencies in [the accuser's] story." "To say 'on the one hand, on the other hand', is shirking their journalistic duty here." "For the New York Times to come forward on the front page and claim it's an objective assessment of the 1,850 pages [of evidence] -- either they didn't read them or they got smookered." Abrams concluded by saying "this is one of those days I'm sorry I still don't have a show."
There are surely many others of us out here who feel the same way.
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Wow, I am a little surprised at this outburst. Interesting.
While his show was on the air, Abrams was the leading media person in terms of getting into the details of case, and he was extremely skeptical, to say the least, of Nifong and the prosecution case.
Abrams is not only the President, but he's also a client. LOL
Will Abrahs have the cahones to fire his top two money losers Matthews and Overtman?
The Times is staffed with reporters and editors with personal agendas...it is like a day care center staffed with pedophiles...
And that differs from MSNBC in what way?
Yes, Abrams was a bulldog chewing on Nifong...it made for great television. Especially when he debated shrill, black, female defense lawyers. They were hell bent on discrediting those "rich, white, elite lacross players from Duke", but Abrams practically laughed at them. He stuck to the facts, they played the race card.
Whoa, but feminism is shooting itself. Big time. Live by abortion, die by ratings abortion.
I'd like to say to them "Have a Life"; but it seems they prefer otherwise, they'd rather take one.
Is that a typo, or did Dan really say "smookered"?
So am I as he was staunch defender of the players and never let the spin from legal pundits get in the way of the facts. Only consolation is that without Abrams we won't have to endure the mean spirited tirades of Janie Weintraub and Jeralyn (sp?) Merrit who never comes up for air.
I like Dan Abrahms a lot. I have no idea why anybody reads the NY Times anymore. You notice, he no longer refers to it as "the paper of records" or "America's premier newspaper"? And neither does anyone else (who is credible.)
My bad - he said 'snookered'.
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