Yale Attack Story = Media perfect storm

[Ian David]

Wow. Just over two weeks into 2007 and already the nation has a story around which (almost) everyone can rally. By now you’ve heard the distressing story of Yale’s Baker’s Dozen: the aurally-inclined boys who marked the New Year by getting the tar beat out of them by a bunch of San Francisco thugs.

In case you’ve missed it, the boys were in town performing one of their famed concerts. At a party later in the night, they decided to get a sassy with an a cappella version of the beloved patriotic anthem, “The Star Spangled Banner”.

It’s at this point that what would have otherwise would have been a night of celebration sparked what would become a news explosion.

More:
http://gay_blog.blogspot.com/2007/01/yale-attack-story-media-perfect-storm.html

[RaleighNCDUer]

1. First i heard about this.

Read the entire link, and still don't know what it was all about, who, exactly, did what when.

Any real information here?

[SanFranciscoValues]

2. Ridiculous

I live in SF and am honestly tired of hearing about this story. It really is too bad that these kids got beat up, for whatever reason it was that they were beat up. I honestly do not think that it had anything to do with their perceived "gayness" or their perceived "patriotism." I don't know how many times I have seen guys or groups of guys who have been drinking too much, resort to violence against each other. Although, I guess such an explanation does little in the way of selling newspapers...