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Slut shaming in the Buffalo News?

Discussion in 'Journalism topics only' started by Dick Whitman, Aug 10, 2015.

  1. Dick Whitman

    Dick Whitman Well-Known Member

    Alleged rape victim.
     
  2. Ace

    Ace Well-Known Member

    Noted. I see accuracy in this matter is your main concern.
     
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  3. franticscribe

    franticscribe Well-Known Member

    My head just might explode.
     
  4. MisterCreosote

    MisterCreosote Well-Known Member

    Right. As Ace said, it's likely 50-50.

    And, one more time, regardless of whether it's her or not, the bar owner's observations have fuck-all to do with whether she was raped or not.
     
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  5. cranberry

    cranberry Well-Known Member

    Jesus, DW. I bet even PW2 would agree you're being a misogynist jerk on this thread.
     
  6. SBR

    SBR Member

    The paper is reporting on allegations, and investigating what happened that night, and reporting what they learned. From that perspective I don't see why you wouldn't report the bar owner's observations.

    It's only victim-blaming if you presume there is a victim. But as Mr. Croce sagely points out: “This is America, the place where you are still innocent until proven guilty."
     
  7. Riptide

    Riptide Well-Known Member

    You have to go to the other thread. Kane is a fucking lout over there.

    Thoughts?
     
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  8. Dick Whitman

    Dick Whitman Well-Known Member

    If he did it, lock him up and throw away the key.

    But she is accusing someone of a serious crime, one that can end his life as he has known it. An assessment of her credibility is well within the pale. It's essential even.
     
  9. Dick Whitman

    Dick Whitman Well-Known Member

    He is. I don't know that that makes him a rapist. And I certainly don't think newspapers should be in the business of withholding potentially relevant, exculpatory evidence.
     
  10. cranberry

    cranberry Well-Known Member

    Publishing a bartender's derogatory opinion about a woman who may or may not have been the accuser wasn't within the pale. Not by a long shot. There will be plenty of opportunity for Kane's defense team to discuss and question the accuser's credibility in an appropriate setting. The newspaper allowed itself to be used by someone who seems to have an agenda. It was a terrible decision to publish those quotes.
     
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  11. Dick Whitman

    Dick Whitman Well-Known Member

    And there will be plenty of opportunity for the prosecution to discuss and question Kane's credibility in an appropriate setting. He hasn't even been charged. But no one here seems to have a problem with the slow leak out of the D.A.'s office.
     
  12. LongTimeListener

    LongTimeListener Well-Known Member

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    That's the owner with Kane. After the allegations came out, they took the post down.

    Yeah, just a bystander account from a guy with no vested interest at all. Solid journalism.
     
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