Comments on: Boston Herald Defends Scalia Story http://www.inthebullpen.com/archives/2006/4527 Your daily dose of news and opinions concerning terrorism and politics with a shade of humor embedded. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:23:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.2 By: Repack Rider http://www.inthebullpen.com/archives/2006/4527#comment-55256 Repack Rider Sat, 01 Apr 2006 01:36:41 +0000 http://www.inthebullpen.com/archives/2006/4527#comment-55256 Who ya gonna believe, the guy with a history of abusing the press, or the guy who does not release the photo until he hears the reporter called a liar, then SACRIFICES HIS JOB to tell his version? I'm going with the version told by the guy who made a big sacrifice to tell it, over the self-serving version supported by a diocese that covered up child abuse, and a justice who has historically demonstrated contempt for a free press. Who ya gonna believe, the guy with a history of abusing the press, or the guy who does not release the photo until he hears the reporter called a liar, then SACRIFICES HIS JOB to tell his version?

I’m going with the version told by the guy who made a big sacrifice to tell it, over the self-serving version supported by a diocese that covered up child abuse, and a justice who has historically demonstrated contempt for a free press.

]]> By: Chad Evans http://www.inthebullpen.com/archives/2006/4527#comment-55258 Chad Evans Sat, 01 Apr 2006 02:18:04 +0000 http://www.inthebullpen.com/archives/2006/4527#comment-55258 Repack, you claim the photographer "then SACRIFICES HIS JOB to tell his version," but he was a freelance photographer. He had no job to sacrifice, only contracts that may or may not have been over.When something is interjected into the debate that has never been covered before, which Smith certainly did, you should question where that comes from. You don't though because you want to believe Scalia would have made a gesture that, from the definitions I have read, isn't really that bad anyways. Do you not question why if that one line Smith claims Alito said that would have strengthened Sweet's original article was not actually in the article? Do you not believe Sweet was intentionally trying to malign Alito therefore that one line would have been the straw? Strangely though you seem to believe Justice Scalia has attacked the "free press." He has made several statements against the way media institutions are reporting the news, but those statements in no way are about changing who owns the press. You must realize what a free press is before you start to make ridiculous statements such as the one you just did. I can say The Dallas Morning is a sloppy newspaper that has a horrendous front section. That doesn't mean I think the paper should be taken over by the government. Repack, you claim the photographer “then SACRIFICES HIS JOB to tell his version,” but he was a freelance photographer. He had no job to sacrifice, only contracts that may or may not have been over.When something is interjected into the debate that has never been covered before, which Smith certainly did, you should question where that comes from. You don’t though because you want to believe Scalia would have made a gesture that, from the definitions I have read, isn’t really that bad anyways. Do you not question why if that one line Smith claims Alito said that would have strengthened Sweet’s original article was not actually in the article? Do you not believe Sweet was intentionally trying to malign Alito therefore that one line would have been the straw?

Strangely though you seem to believe Justice Scalia has attacked the “free press.” He has made several statements against the way media institutions are reporting the news, but those statements in no way are about changing who owns the press. You must realize what a free press is before you start to make ridiculous statements such as the one you just did. I can say The Dallas Morning is a sloppy newspaper that has a horrendous front section. That doesn’t mean I think the paper should be taken over by the government.

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