I'm SICK of the Kobe coverage!

[T Roosevelt]

You'd think this was the most important story in America...jeez, during lunch it was nothing but Kobe with Wolfie on CNN. So I sent him an email...

Enough Kobe already!
Another high-profile athlete is in legal troubles...as if that's never happened before. It would be nice if the media would devote the time to the Kobe story that it deserves (none), and instead spend time investigating issues that are critical to this country. A perfect example is electronic voting - apparently no one cares that these machines have no verifiable paper trail, are open to vote fraud, or that the companies that provide them are owned by people with serious conflicts of interest. Just ask ES&S.

I would like to see CNN do an indepth profile of the voting process, and focus on the potential for corruption that electronic voting machines introduce. Our democracy is at stake, and not because Kobe is in trouble.

name
city, state

http://www.blackboxvoting.org/
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,59874,00.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/24/technology/24VOTE.html
http://scoop.co.nz/mason/features/?s=usacoup

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

1. Wiped the "16 words" right off the map.

[section321]

2. Bread and circuses. Bread and circuses.

n/t

[tom_paine]

8. Bread and TECHNO-Circuses!

Let us pay homage to the vast human progress made in the last 2000 years, as we rush headlong back to the Inevitability of Empire.

[section321]

31. Well put.

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[Booberdawg]

3. A travesty in process

I smell another oj nightmare.

[ClintonTyree]

4. I concur.................

it's terrible that our society is so dumbed-down that this intrigues everyone to this extent. A man who's only contribution to society is throwing a basketball gets millions of dollars and celebrity treatment, while a teacher who actually makes a difference in children's lives, their future, is underpaid, overworked and un-noticed. Our society's priorities are sincerely fupped-duck.

[realFedUp]

5. Vacation coverage

You can be anywhere in America and not have to know much
more than what's up with Kobe...makes it convenient to
talk to the mother-in-law in Indiana. It also lets producers
go on vacation.

I personally think news has lowered itself to base levels
of entertainment and really needs The Fab Five to do a
makeover. :-)

[jiacinto]

6. I'll tell you what angers me

is how the media is attacking the woman.

[Unknown Known]

7. Another celebrity black man on trial

for a crime against a white female. Almost sounds scripted, doesn't it? Enough to keep hatred and fear foremost in the minds of all patriotic Murikins.:puke:

[jiacinto]

11. I am inclined to think Kobe did it

He is an athelete and he probably thought himself to be above the law. From what I've heard it seems like he is guilty.

What I hate is how this woman is being demonized.

[Booberdawg]

15. Me too

But not for the same reason. I think so because of the facts so far. Nuff said.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

18. Fuck Due Process

The trial's a waste of money.


Let's lock him up and throw away the key.





N -O - T

[jiacinto]

19. I think he is guilty

I am not saying he shouldn't have a trial.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

20. Based On What

There has been no evidence proffered.

No sworn statements released.


No cross examination.


Call me old fashioned but I like to see the evidence before I talk about throwing somebody in the pokey.

It's the American way.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

32. Carlos, it is best to defend process and give him the benefit of doubt

until the trial. Anything can be said prior to a trial but not all of it is relevent to whether a rape occurred or not which is the issue.

The bad thing about people posting their inclination to his guilt or not, is that it does give rise to the notion that getting a fair trial is difficult of a jury pool is poisoned by innuendo.

This still remotely resembles the America where I grew up. The media by reporting unsubstantiated rumors poisons the jury pool. It is difficult even if a judge says "forget you heard that" to forget you heard that.

There used to be standards in journalism. They existed for a reason.
Tabloid journalism has infected POLITICS as well.

BTW, by the same token, stories released about the alleged victim also infect the jury pool which has ALWAYS been my objection to those stories as well.

[Loonman]

9. I could give a crap about Kobe

He can't keep his thing in his pants. With a wife like that, too, what a total kneebiter.

Just because you design stupid looking sneakers and get paid millions to put a damn ball through a hoop doesn't make you a saint or an icon.

I liked Larry Bird, but I'm not going to found a goddamn religion over it.

[tom_paine]

10. And this is just the beginning...

It is funny how the most obscenely trumpeted pseudo-trials have both been black celebrities on white women.

Imperial Amerika is currently a slightly ugly place that is rushing to give birth to the Ultimate Ugliness some decades from now (if we're lucky...it could be much sooner)

[Parche]

12. DOBIE

He is an arrogant ignorant thing
Thinks his stink dont sht
Well I hope they put him in and lock the door and throw away the key

[Frederic Bastiat]

13. Kobe is innocent

Until proven guilty.

[Wonder]

23. satisfaction guaranteed

or your money back
if those batteries die
or by chance it attacks

black n blue eyes
they will attest
how can one hear no
when one only wants yes.

such odd-ysseys our fantasies
that agony with esctasy...

[karlschneider]

Me too, and I never even heard of the j/o before this "news" broke...

:eyes:

[maynard]

14. August vacation

Bush is on Vacation and doesn't want to be bothered by anything to do with being the leader of the free world.

Between Koby and California, Bush can actually be free from criticism.

Bush wants August to be free from his screw-ups. Maybe by then, the American People will forget.

[SyracuseDemocrat]

16. Larry Bird

and David Robinson are the only two NBA players ever who had morals, or at least the only ones I can think of right now. Most NBA players cheat on their wives - I saw this show once on ESPN where they interviewed this former 76er and he was talking about how there are groupies at every stop.

[catzies]

37. Add John Stockton to that list. He is pure, moral and faithful.

I am the High Priestess of the Church of Stockton.

[Rich Hunt]

38. I couldn't give a crap

I honestly couldn't give a crap whether basketball players or any other celebrities are "faithful" to their wives. It's not my business - no one knows what sort of relationships married people agree to.

[chadm]

17. Turn off the TV

is the only lesson you can learn from this. I actually know nothing about the Kobe case because I won't bite at that bait.

[Wonder]

22. but what about our fantasies?

she has been trained to smile nice
and nod her head
open arms sugar with spice
when he decides to come to bed

you know our agony with ecstacy!

[linazelle]

21. It's sickening...But turning off the TV does little to address the problem

The cancer is still malignant and growing...and while we may not catch it by turning off the TV...victims are succumbing to it daily.

There has to be a better way...

[Loonman]

24. Would an innocent man buy a $4 million ring?

He wasn't playin' pinochle in that room.

[Wonder]

25. behind closed doors in alleyways

in parked cars so much we'll pay

for that rise a tiny peep
hide magazines we'll lie we'll cheat

programmed don't even know
how deep we're in how far we'll go
depends on what we wannabe
how much we feed the fantasy

false promises slip from our tongues
say what was done was done in fun

our dreams so wet the silver screen
illusions rule with well laid schemes
all forgiven those with fame
paid for with cash and pass the blame

our agony our esctasy taken by our fantasies...our fantasy ladies.

[DagmarK]

26. Cancel Cable, man! Cancel that cable!

1. It sends a message to the CORPORATISTS.

2. You aren't helping to pay for the sheeping of America.

3. You retain some sanity.

4. C-Span is crucial -- which you can get by streaming.

5. Believe me -- you will not miss a thing (except the Daily Show - can you get that by streaming?). I feel perfectly apprised of the goings on in the world with my few network channels - which I rarely consult anyhow.

6. With the money you save every month -- give it to a cause you believe in! A campaign, to a needy family who has been cut out of social services ($50 a month pays a family's water bill, ya know), whatever. Or save the money for a plane ticket so you can go to D.C. to march in protest...... There are a million things you can do with an extra $600 a year. Ask George Bush -- $400 more a year can save a country! **rolling eyes**

7. No Kobe in your life! Or the next hot non-story to drive the masses to not care about anything.

Cancel the cable.....everyone..just cancel it. Save yourself..... :-)

[T Roosevelt]

28. I was in a restaurant

and the TV was right there...it's one of those things like driving by an accident - you know you shouldn't look, but can't help it. Of course I got to see CNN's priorities, and confirm my disgust with television news...

[jenk]

27. Kobe is the new Laci

you're going to get a hell of a lot sicker

[Undemcided]

29. Please no.

Oh God I hope not. He's practically 24/7 as it is now. Why the hell can’t they just report any FACTS that they have? It’s all rumour, titillation & innuendo.

[Wonder]

30. Truth is

I have only encountered information about the Kobe trial here at DU. I have successfully side stepped in real life.

[Breezy du Nord]

33. Almost worse than the Laci peterson stuff

yes, I know she's dead! Sorry, but really, why should she get more media coverage than the hundreds of youg, pretty mothers killed every day? Jesus.

[kentuck]

34. MSNBC thinks we don't see thru their game plan?

They are sticking with Kobe to the bitter end. They are hoping and praying this will turn into another hit like OJ ...and they will be at the front of the line with their cameras - ready to shoot the "news"...whores!

[lazarus]

35. In the past two weeks

There have been 16 threads about Kobe Bryant started on DU. All but one or two have been complaining about all the coverage Kobe is getting.

[Greyskye]

36. Vote with your Remote

I have yet to see 5 seconds of Kobe coverage, as I simply switch channels when it comes on. Just say NO to Bread and Circuses!