I've been not posting on this story for a simple reason. I didn't know how too.
Members of a team were accused of committing a heinous crime. And I blogged about it. Now, in fairness to me, I blogged about it before it really became mainstream news. Before DNA tests proved there was something odd in this case. Before a DA stepped over the line.
Back when I picked it up, I was asking why there was so little information, and if it would still be so hush hush if the roles were reversed. I wondered just why the MSM was ignoring it.
Now, months later- the truth that has been known for some time has been publicly declared. It took media frenzy, an overzealous DA and public forums to turn this case into the headliner it was... but all that accomplished was three boys having their lives and their dignity tarnished.
I wonder what would have become of this case if the national media had continued to ignore it. Would Duke lacrosse have been dragged over the coals by District Attorney Mike Nifong just as badly? Would less media attention to the case have made any difference in the outcome?
As odd as it may seem, I personally think that Nifong's consistently questionable behavior was excelled by the media attention. And while it may have made the embarrassment and pain of suffering through this worse for the players, I believe that it helped draw strong questions about the case. His behavior eventually was just as suspect as the accusers was, and helped in creating doubt to the players actual guilt.
I feel for the young men whose lives were torn apart, and for their families. And I hope that their public suffering can be used as a lesson to those who would make false accusations against others.
Really, there are too many victims as it is in the world, we don't need any more people lying about it.
Members of a team were accused of committing a heinous crime. And I blogged about it. Now, in fairness to me, I blogged about it before it really became mainstream news. Before DNA tests proved there was something odd in this case. Before a DA stepped over the line.
Back when I picked it up, I was asking why there was so little information, and if it would still be so hush hush if the roles were reversed. I wondered just why the MSM was ignoring it.
Now, months later- the truth that has been known for some time has been publicly declared. It took media frenzy, an overzealous DA and public forums to turn this case into the headliner it was... but all that accomplished was three boys having their lives and their dignity tarnished.
I wonder what would have become of this case if the national media had continued to ignore it. Would Duke lacrosse have been dragged over the coals by District Attorney Mike Nifong just as badly? Would less media attention to the case have made any difference in the outcome?
As odd as it may seem, I personally think that Nifong's consistently questionable behavior was excelled by the media attention. And while it may have made the embarrassment and pain of suffering through this worse for the players, I believe that it helped draw strong questions about the case. His behavior eventually was just as suspect as the accusers was, and helped in creating doubt to the players actual guilt.
I feel for the young men whose lives were torn apart, and for their families. And I hope that their public suffering can be used as a lesson to those who would make false accusations against others.
Really, there are too many victims as it is in the world, we don't need any more people lying about it.