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60. No

Sat Jul 13, 2013, 12:13 AM

Jul 2013

because it has nothing to do with the charges. and if they could, it would have to be based on what is proven. In other words, it has to be true and not something the media speculated on or made up. IE, 90 percent of what you see in the media about any trial by media was pure crap and speculation.

That is true going back as far as the Chicago Seven trial. Even if true and they brought it in, it would go both ways.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trial_by_media
my rule of thumb is if you saw it on CNN, Fox, MSNBC etc. assume the opposite is true. That is my rule on all media hyped trials.

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