Duke Dookie
Wow! Is all I can say about the ABC News blog of Terry Moran.
I've been busy doing my thing in Panama, changing houses and moving all my things again and have stayed away from commenting on the news, but this is rich.
DON'T FEEL TOO SORRY FOR THE DUKIES…[P]erhaps the outpouring of sympathy for Reade Seligman, Collin Finnerty and David Evans is just a bit misplaced. They got special treatment in the justice system …
…[I]t strikes me as just a bit unseemly to heap praise and sympathy on these particular men…
As students of Duke University or other elite institutions, these young men will get on with their privileged lives…
And, MOST IMPORTANT, there are many, many cases of prosecutorial misconduct across our country every year. The media covers few, if any, of these cases. Most of the victims in these cases are poor or minority Americans…
OK, that's not all I can say.
The assertion that three innocent people facing thirty years in jail don't deserve sympathy because they are white, privileged, and the press doesn't report on prosecutorial misconduct against minorities is absolutely absurd.
This is the height of racism and self-hatred. Where does the privileged white prosecutor that decided it was a good idea to stir up racial hatred to get reelected as District Attorney fit in to this worldview?
Maybe it's the fact that the mainstream media (including the New York Times) and their own university faculty (the group of 88) had thrown these guys under the bus from day one has Mr. Moran feeling a little peckish. ABC is about as mainstream as you get, and why change your opinion when faced with mere facts?
Maybe my research is a little perfunctory, but my Google search on "prosecutorial misconduct" doesn't show up any other articles written by Mr. Moran, so maybe a tinge of 'white guilt' could also be in play here. Whatever it is, Moran has dragged down the dialogue to a lower level.
