‘View’ Shames Media for ‘Guilty Until Proven Innocent’; No Mention of Limbaugh

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On Oct. 22, ABC's "The View" tsked at "the media" for presenting an alleged suspect as guilty. The focus of their discussion was Nicole Howell, a former high school teacher that was accused of having sex with a 16-year-old student but has since been acquitted of the charges.

"Is her teaching career over?" worried Whoopi Goldberg. "They accused her of it; it turned out she hadn't done it, and they made a big hoo ha. But now can she go back to teaching? What can she do?"

"I think it's wrecked in a certain way, unfortunately, this poor girl," said Joy Behar. "Any time somebody shouts fire, ya know, when there is none, is a problem. This is going to haunt her - unless she goes into the witness protection program."

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"It used to be innocent until proven guilty," Sherri Shepherd agreed. "I think the media jumps on everything so quickly ... I think as much time as the media spent on getting on this teacher should be as much as time as them saying she was cleared."

Wait a minute. Doesn't this sound familiar? False accusations, media exploitation, failing to report the truth ... Oh yes, that's right, the media's self-appointed attack of Rush Limbaugh when he tried to buy the St. Louis Rams. Racist quotes supposedly attributed to Limbaugh had absolutely no backing and yet the media lashed out for days. And "The View" was no exception. On Oct. 15's "The View," Joy Behar compared the possibility of Limbaugh owning the Rams to Michael Vick owning the American Kennel Club.

And when it finally became unavoidably obvious that the quotes were false, the media certainly didn't spend as much time clearing Limbaugh's name as they did smearing it. Far from it. Any mention of it, in fact, was squeezed into massive reporting of the balloon boy hoax, which was covered 100 times more than proof that the Limbaugh quotes were bogus.

So, ladies at "The View," thank you for pointing out what's been obvious for a long time: the media isn't fair. And guess what? You're the media.

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"So, ladies at "The View,"

"So, ladies at "The View," thank you for pointing out what's been obvious for a long time: the media isn't fair. And guess what? You're the media."

it's a confidence game. it's amazing what people believe when their buttons are pushed.

I've long advocated throwing the TV headlong out of the house. Life is good sans TV.

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Hypocrisy aside, there is a

Hypocrisy aside, there is a difference between being acquitted and being innocent.  I don't know about this teacher's case, but Clinton was acquitted, so was OJ.....nuff said....

WTF

What is with these people. The view....who's view. not mine and certainly not any body who has an ounce of morals.

 

OOPS.. I said the "M" word

A more analogous comparison...

...would be if the teacher was caught on camera 10 other times sexually abusing minors. Yes, in this instance the aspersions cast were wrong, but there is enough of a damning record to make the case anyway.

Finger Pointing

Look how honest they are, just ask them. They point out apparent female injustices so they can have something to fall back on when criticized for bias.

I watched about 15 minutes of this BS one time. You have to be brain dead or only get one channel to watch. 

            That

            That's why Fox is creaming the media in ratings. Nobody with an ounce of inteligence will watch the newscasts on these networks, anymore.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               

Lacrosse, anyone?

"It used to be innocent until proven guilty," Sherri Shepherd agreed. "I think the media jumps on everything so quickly"

Anyone up for a game of Lacrosee?

The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States.
The US Constitution

Unless you're a fetus.
The US Supreme Court

Ask Joy

   As they say in TV, lets go back to the tape. And see what these loons were saying about the Duke lacrosse team? Nowhere did they ever defend those boys.

  In fact I think Joy said if they didn't do "that" rape they probably did something else wrong. Gosh I wish this Country would ban liberals.