So far today, I have seen three articles written about the Amanda Knox trial in Italy and two about the trial of Michael Skakel here in Connecticut. In fairness, I should point out that one of the two about Skakel was in the local paper. For those of you who do not know, Knox was tried and convicted in Italy of murdering her roommate, a conviction which was ultimately reversed on appeal. She faces an upcoming retrial. Skakel was tried and convicted of the murder of his neighbor in Greenwich, Connecticut in the mid 1970s. Skakel is the nephew of Robert Kennedy and his trial only happened two decades after the murder. He lost all his appeals and is in prison. At the moment, he is seeking to be released on the grounds that he did not have competent legal counsel during his trial. (His trial attorney was the best known local criminal defense attorney in the area, so this latest move does not seem likely to be successful.)
I mention both these murder trials covered by the national press in light of the weird defense offered by some in the mainstream media as to why they do not cover the trial of Dr. Kermit Gosnell who is accused of the murder of seven people at his clinic in Philadelphia. The media folks say that murder trials are just local matters, so there is no need to cover them in national media. Maybe then they can explain the media's fascination with Amanda Knox who allegedly committed murder in Italy. Why would any American media cover the trial in their view? And Skakel? He does have a family connection to the Kennedy family although it is never, never mentioned in the press. Why is his seemingly ridiculous claim that his famous and high priced attorney and his trial team were incompetent more newsworthy than the murders of infants in the Gosnell case?
The truth is that the media is engaged in a blackout of news that might make abortionist Gosnell a household name that would blacken the pro choice agenda. It is not a question of news, but rather of propaganda.
I mention both these murder trials covered by the national press in light of the weird defense offered by some in the mainstream media as to why they do not cover the trial of Dr. Kermit Gosnell who is accused of the murder of seven people at his clinic in Philadelphia. The media folks say that murder trials are just local matters, so there is no need to cover them in national media. Maybe then they can explain the media's fascination with Amanda Knox who allegedly committed murder in Italy. Why would any American media cover the trial in their view? And Skakel? He does have a family connection to the Kennedy family although it is never, never mentioned in the press. Why is his seemingly ridiculous claim that his famous and high priced attorney and his trial team were incompetent more newsworthy than the murders of infants in the Gosnell case?
The truth is that the media is engaged in a blackout of news that might make abortionist Gosnell a household name that would blacken the pro choice agenda. It is not a question of news, but rather of propaganda.
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