Posted on 10/14/2002 4:01:10 AM PDT by kattracks
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Most people are willing to concede their intellectual or political adversaries' sincerity -- right up to the point at which the adversary starts to conceal the facts. There is no conceivable justification for concealing a fact that bears on some issue of note, such as hate-crimes legislation. It reeks of moral cowardice. It throws suspicion on every act and argument of the concealer.
If we're fortunate, events like Wichita, and the embarrassed silence of the media about them, will be the death of left-wing racism.
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The only thing that really matters is that these two are on trial for their lives. Given the evidence I have no doubt at all that they will be convicted and that they will be executed and that's all that really interest me.
"Wichita Massacre" Posts:
Killing Suspect Just Out of Jail - 01/01/2001
Scott McConnell: "Unfit to Print" - 01/10/2001
THE WICHITA HORROR - 01/13/2001
DA, Public Interest Clash Over Records (Wichita multiple murder) - 01/13/2001
Court seals case files in Wichita quadruple homicides - 01/14/2001
Lawyer asks to close pretrial proceedings (Update on The Wichita Horror) - 01/17/2001
Lawyers brawl over records (Wichita Horror/Quadruple Homicide) - 01/27/2001
BLOODY KANSAS: HATE CRIMES IN WICHITA? - 02/12/2001
Hate Crimes: A One-Way Street? - 03/05/2001
Carrs (Wichita Horror) to have joint preliminary hearing - 04/14/2001
The Wichita Massacre - 07/16/2002 - [Details about the murders]
BLACK RACISM: THE HATE CRIME THAT DARE NOT SPEAK ITS NAME - 07/16/2002
'Wichita Horror' trial to begin - 09/09/2002
Court TV to air 'Wichita horror' - 09/18/2002
Wichita Massacre Trial Media Blackout - 09/27/2002
TRIAL THREADS:
Wichita to revisit brutal slayings as testimony begins - 10/07/2002
Deputy recalls moment of discovering bodies [Wichita Murders] Day 1 - 10/07/2002
WICHITA MASSACRE TRIAL UNDERWAY Day 1 - 10/08/2002
Legal wrangling opens Carr trial [Wichita Murders] Day 1 - 10/08/2002
Carr trial: Survivor describes sexual attacks by armed intruders [Wichita Massacre] Day 2 - 10/09/2002
Witchita Case of Black Racist Crime Survivor's testimony horrifies courtroom Day 2 - 10/10/2002
Woman testifies that Carrs killed her friends in a soccer field [Wichita Massacre Day 3] - 10/10/2002
Prosecutors Downplay Racial Element in Kansas Murder Trial - 10/11/2002
Reginald Carr had $996, victims' credit card, watch [Wichita Massacre Day 4] - 10/11/2002
Wichita Massacre Audio of 911 Call by Female Survivor with Court Room Video Footage From Day 1- 10/11/2002
Victims' belongings linked to defendant [Wichita Massacre Day 5] - 10/12/2002
Trial opens window into night of fear - 10/13/2002
Today:
Andrew Schreiber, the victim of a carjacking and robbery, continues his testimony. Also expected to testify are family members of the victims, to help identify property found inside an apartment where police arrested Reginald Carr.
Why?
I believe rosebud thinks this is a story of national interest not because it is so on its own, but rather when compared to how the media reports these stories in general.
Was the Matthew Shepherd case a "story of national interest?" Probably not. Yet, the media, in its frenzy to capitalize on its propagandizing of PC sensibilities deemed it to be so, thus we were treated to wall-to-wall coverage and at least one made-for-TV movie on the case.
I hesitate to speak for rosebud, but I think he/she means that for the media to be consistent, they would treat this case with at least the same urgency.
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