I was just reading a story on the Jena 6 case and after all of the media coverage it once again seems that the media jumped the gun reporting facts that were not true or incomplete at least about the case. Why do people trust the media when this seems to be the case in most instances.
Examples:
It was widely reported that Bell, now 17, was an honor student with no prior criminal record. Although he had a high grade-point average, he was, in fact, on probation for at least two counts of battery and a count of criminal damage to property. In any event, his conviction was overturned because an appeals court ruled he should not have been tried as an adult.)
The so-called "white tree" at Jena High, often reported to be the domain of only white students, was nothing of the sort, according to teachers and school administrators; students of all races, they say, congregated under it at one time or another.
2007-09-22
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