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November 29, 2013

"Get Whitey" [Not]

But.... of course... Duke Rape Accuser Got 160 TV News Stories on Accusation, 3 on Murder Conviction When Crystal Mangum falsely accused
several Duke lacrosse players of rape in 2006, there were 160 major television news stories in the first five days after the players were arrested, but in 2013, when Mangum was convicted of murder and sentenced to 14 years in prison, there were only 3 major television news stories, a difference in coverage of 5,233%. [HT: Surber]

Posted by gerardvanderleun at November 29, 2013 3:44 PM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.

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