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SHRED

(28,136 posts) Mon Dec 18, 2017, 01:27 PM Dec 2017

They should go to court then instead of the media

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They should go to court then instead of the media (Original Post) SHRED Dec 2017 OP

The standard of truth for the media is "If Trump said it, then we should repeat it endlessly." Orrex Dec 2017 #1

All he's got is PR, the law is not on his side. Irish_Dem Dec 2017 #2

Cases are tried in the press for a reason. rainin Dec 2017 #3

Orrex

(63,232 posts)

1. The standard of truth for the media is "If Trump said it, then we should repeat it endlessly."

Reply to SHRED (Original post)

Mon Dec 18, 2017, 01:29 PM

Dec 2017

One hopes that the courts set a higher bar...

Irish_Dem

(47,510 posts)

2. All he's got is PR, the law is not on his side.

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Mon Dec 18, 2017, 01:37 PM

Dec 2017

He is going to try the case in the court of public opinion.

rainin

(3,011 posts)

3. Cases are tried in the press for a reason.

Reply to SHRED (Original post)

Mon Dec 18, 2017, 01:37 PM

Dec 2017

Following the Steinle verdict, my fox-viewing mom believed justice had not been served because the case had already been tried in the press and he was guilty.

The Bergdahl verdict, similarly, was a travesty of justice, in my mom's view, because he had already been tried and convicted by right-wing media.

She believes she has all the facts about the case, so when the decision doesn't turn out the way she expects, it undermines her trust in the judicial system, not in her news source.

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