Some of that comes from the fact that folks realize that whatever they say will be repeated. I’ll assume that you’ve never worked for any sort of media. When you go to interview someone, when you ask questions and jot down notes, when you hold a tape recorder while you interview, when you hold a microphone to their face.......they tend NOT to say exactly what they are thinking. Words came come back to bite you. These folks didn’t want to come off sounding hateful in front of the world.
You’d be shocked to learn what some folks will say when they think that the tape isn’t rolling......
Think....Jesse Jackson
I’ve never made a secret of my thoughts on illegal immigration. I won’t belabor the point. That, combined with the fact that she mowed down four people, children who could’ve grown up to be ordinary productive persons or extraordinary ones, would keep me from being so benevolent as to remark, as the grandfather of the 2 little boys did, about another young life being trucated. I wouldn’t say, “Throw her ___ in jail. I want to see her given the lehal injection next week, ..........” But I also wouldn’t say the things that these people said.
And you’re right. I’ve never worked in media. I just can’t imagine being in that vortex of grief and remembering to be restrained.
I agree. And thank goodness the families received some type of justice.