Black Man Exonerated of Rape Less Important to Some Anchors Than White Men Exonerated of Rape
 

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As Stereohyped points out, some right-wing talking heads seem to be ready and willing to ignore the DNA-based exoneration of a man who spent 25 years in prison for a rape he didn't commit. So how is a professional pundit like Sean Hannity managing to bow out on this one – when his coverage of the Duke rape case was borderline obsessive – and not even mention the case?

Perhaps it has a little something to do with the man, 48-year-old Jerry Miller, being black. No matter that Miller's release from prison makes him the 200th such person that DNA evidence set free, because we know how much the press loves big round numbers. But still not a peep from Hannity. Though there's always tonight's broadcast. (To be fair, it looks like Anderson Cooper didn't care very much, either.)

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No. 1 · nancy

^ Right on, Jossip. As always, you raise an excellent point with this commentary.

Posted: Apr 24, 2007 at 12:24 pm · @Reply · [Flag?]
No. 2 · Paul L.

Couple of questions about Jerry Miller:
A) In the beginning of the case was he declared guilty by the media, Nancy Grace, feminists and the black community?
B) Did the prosecutor break the rules (such as hide exculpatory DNA evidence) to convict him?
C) Was the accuser in his case credible and did she
change her story multiple times?

Posted: Apr 24, 2007 at 12:28 pm · @Reply · [Flag?]
No. 3 · Not surprised

This is typical of the media, glad to see Jossip point it out.

Posted: Apr 24, 2007 at 1:03 pm · @Reply · [Flag?]
No. 4 · Frank

Yeah- Jossip… I remember that Keith Olbermann was ALL OVER this story.

…oh, wait a minute- he didn't give a shit either!

Posted: Apr 25, 2007 at 8:59 am · @Reply · [Flag?]
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