Stardate: 91022.34
Sol III Date: 01/06/2013/23:35
It was just one more obvious question going unasked, one
more vital piece of information not provided, in a long and growing list of the
media’s fumbling failures to provide the information viewers need to make sound
decisions.
I am referring to the 2 min.24 sec. long report “Family
outraged that Cranbrook killer gets new trial” that aired May 31 2013. A report
that had repeated comments about how upset people were with the new trial and during
which it was mentioned several times a new trial had been order by the Court of
Appeal.
Unfortunately the report failed to mention WHY the Court
of Appeal had ordered a new trial. If one wanted to know WHY, one had to look
elsewhere for the answer to WHY?
The report was successful as a piece of video art, doing
a good job of inciting disgust with the Court of Appeal and our legal system.
On the other hand the report was a failure as a news
piece since it failed, as so many media reports do, to provide the information
to arrive at a fact based evaluation.
But then, why let facts get in the way of good theatre?
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