tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post224059524783953826..comments2024-03-28T11:03:04.635-04:00Comments on THE BLOG: ROCK-A-ROBINRumpolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08380575650255695462noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-65171100395482578732015-02-20T20:00:14.884-05:002015-02-20T20:00:14.884-05:00And right now I'm bored at an airport replying...And right now I'm bored at an airport replying to a douchebag hater. (See my facebook for further detail)Paul Petruzzihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12914349253596718947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-20300116742845676272015-02-17T15:31:54.194-05:002015-02-17T15:31:54.194-05:00Rump, I agree with you that we live in an unforgiv...Rump, I agree with you that we live in an unforgiving world, full of gotcha games. Redemption, mercy and forgiveness are relics of a bye-gone era. <br /><br />However, I believe that one of the biggest drivers of this changed dynamic is the media. All of the media -- left, right, center. It doesn't matter. The media have no integrity. They lust after tragedy, conflict and violence. And, when they can't find it, they fabricate it. They are the ultimate players in the gotcha games.<br /><br />Our news cycles are full cynical and twisted stories told through sound bites filled with faux outrage and manufactured controversy.<br /><br />Anyone that has ever had a client that was accused of some horrific thing, which ultimately turned out to be either largely untrue or entirely untrue knows how interested in the media was in the salacious accusations up front, but really didn't care to the same degree when the facts proved it all to be exaggerated and false. Nevermind the fact, that they can't even get basic details about what is happening in court correct. <br /><br />What about the client, who made a mistake? Who deserves a second chance? The media make it so difficult to put perspective on his case, because it sells far more ad space to put out sound bites of a horrible criminal getting "slapped on the wrist" than to tell the whole story.<br /><br />What is a judge's biggest fear about doing the right thing in a case? Getting reversed or being targeted by the media? Take for example, a guy who deserves bond, or who deserves leniency at sentencing, but on whom the judges doesn't want to take the chance that he will do something violent when he gets out. What is the source of that fear? It's the fear of being plastered on the news as the judge who cut loose this horrible guy, who die these horrible things. That's it. There will be nothing about all the reasons why based on what the judge saw it may have been appropriate.<br /><br />We have all seen these things happen. <br /><br />Forgive me for not shedding a tear for Brian Williams, a guy who has made a name for himself based on good looks and the ability to read a teleprompter . . . and by unabashedly joining (and arguably leading) the pack of hyenas that will shred people for far lesser transgressions than his own.<br /><br />That the same pack of hyenas -- his own pack of hyenas -- has turned on him, doesn't bother me in the least. <br /><br />It makes me giggle a little. <br /><br />Call me a bad person if you want.<br /><br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-66489473654255298352015-02-16T23:17:14.384-05:002015-02-16T23:17:14.384-05:00People need to chill out and stop the hypocritical...People need to chill out and stop the hypocritical political-correctness b.s.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-51535329680618667972015-02-16T07:25:35.984-05:002015-02-16T07:25:35.984-05:00what you really gotta love are those idiots who se...what you really gotta love are those idiots who send messages on Facebook documenting their day to day comings and goings. "I am in Federal Court." "Another jury trial tomorrow." "Waiting for the verdict." "Going to New Orleans." "Wow, 836 is wall to wall traffic." "I am eating fried shit at this new restaurant." Do we really care? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-62266357392858526722015-02-15T14:49:48.993-05:002015-02-15T14:49:48.993-05:00Open mouth, insert foot.Open mouth, insert foot.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com