Rolling Stone Cover? This is why it is wrong....warning Graphic Photo.

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75. You know what bothers me most about this thread?

The number of people who have already convicted Tsarnaev before he's even gone to trial.

In the absence a trial or a plea, we really don't know what all the FBI have on him. The authorities can say they have this evidence or that, but we 1.) haven't seen it all - including the alleged video and 2.) haven't heard of any mitigating factors or other evidence that might show Tsarnaev to be "not guilty."

That evidence will either come out in trial OR he'll plead to the FBI as stated without rebuttal.

I know, I know. There are victims and, as the wife of a Bostonian, I feel very, very sorry for these victims. This was no false flag and crisis actors. These people are very real.

But, I also used to cover crime for a newspaper. I've sat in court cases where you just knew the person was going to be found guilty until the very moment the jury said, "not guilty."

Look, folks, you can believe he's probably guilty - that's your prerogative as most of you aren't reporters and bound to certain rules - but the fact that the media seems to be conveniently dropping "alleged" or "suspected," as on the Rolling Stone cover, is bothersome to those of us who have seen the system up close and try to respect Constitutionally-driven "innocent until proven guilty" case law.

Even as a former reporter, I could never understood how professional reporters could try someone in their medium. I consistently used "alleged" or "suspected" whatever in my reporting. It both protects the integrity of a trial and saves the news outlet of potential slanderous guilt. Hell, George Zimmerman even sued NBC for slander before he was found "not guilty" for perceived slights.

I guess it bothers me that so many liberal-minded people take absolute stock in what the FBI and/or the media who are parroting the FBI have to say. I'm a liberal and, knowing how horrible both the FBI and the MSM have acted as the corporate take-over of America continues, I must say I question them more frequently as I age.

I'm not saying Tsarnaev is guilty or not guilty. I'm saying I have seen scant facts outside of the sensationalist reports of street fights, notes on boats, cut throats and fangirls.



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