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More awful Fox News coverage of Duke case
Yesterday I wrote about a report on FoxNews.com that was remarkably unfair to the accuser in the Duke lacrosse rape case, claiming that “[d]efense attorneys have refuted most points made by the accuser” while providing almost no evidence to substantiate the claim. Today a reader points me to a transcript from last night’s “Special Report
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N&O withholding Duke lacrosse accuser claims?
A reader points me to another excellent Chris Lawrence post on the Duke lacrosse case — this time he’s flagging a News and Observer public editor column from April 2 noting that the newspaper didn’t publish statements made by the accuser: [N&O deputy managing editor Linda] Williams said editors and the reporter discussed the fairness
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Duke lacrosse update for April 19
Here’s the latest from Duke, where supporters of the players are wearing shirts that say “Innocent” around campus: -WRAL says the players may have been identified using shirtless pictures that revealed scratches on their bodies: An exotic dancer who says three Duke lacrosse players raped her may have identified two of them based on photographs
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My paper on citizen decision-making
I leave tomorrow for the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association in Chicago, IL. I’m presenting my first single-authored paper at a professional conference (PDF), and also presenting a co-authored paper and participating in a roundtable on academic blogs. Here’s a summary of my paper: THE HIGH PRICE OF CONSTRAINT? Comparing the relative
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Duke lacrosse alibi details and questions
Today’s Herald Sun offers more details on the alleged alibi of Reade Seligmann: Several attorneys moved quickly Tuesday to try to discredit the indictments. While they acknowledged that Seligmann attended the March 13 party at 610 N. Buchanan Blvd., two attorneys said Seligmann wasn’t at the party for part of the time they say the
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Help get me back in Google
As many of you know, this blog was deleted from Google back in March. I’ve tried to get reindexed, but so far it hasn’t worked. It’s costing me hundreds of visitors per day, especially with all the blogging I’ve been doing on the Duke lacrosse case. So I’m asking for help from you, my readers.
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Sealed indictments – why?
A question for the lawyers out there: On pages 7 and 8 of the Duke lacrosse indictments, the District Attorney asks for them to be sealed, citing allegedly “substantial” flight risks. That seems preposterous; I assume the indictments were actually sealed for PR reasons. So why was the request granted? Are indictments usually sealed in
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Awful Duke lacrosse reporting on Fox News
An article on FoxNews.com about the Duke lacrosse case includes some of the worst reporting I’ve read on the case: Defense attorneys have said time-stamped photos taken the night of the party show that the alleged victim was injured and impaired before she arrived. Police recordings also indicate that the alleged victim was “just passed
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Duke lacrosse attorneys claim alibi
This is cheap talk, but defense attorneys are claiming the two players have an alibi: Bill Thomas, a lawyer for a player who has not been charged, said that one of the two men under indictment did not even attend the party. He would [not] specify which one, saying only that “multiple witnesses and a
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Power Line on Newt Gingrich
Power Line is notoriously soft on Republicans, but this is ridiculous: The Washington Post takes an inside look at the sickness that features so prominently in the leftist blogosphere. The Post doesn’t pull its punches in examining the phenomenon (“I’m insane with rage and grief, but I feel more connected than I ever have,” admits