Lynch mobs don't need fact-checkers.
You walk in worlds the others can't begin to imagine.
Drusilla ,'Conversations with Dead People'
Natter 31 But Looks 29
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
brenda m - Jan 06, 2005 5:57:06 am PST #3543 of 10002
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
sumi - Jan 06, 2005 6:04:56 am PST #3544 of 10002
Art Crawl!!!
Brenda! I was just going to post that!
They over-turned it because he cited an episode of Law and Order that turns out doesn't exist? Am I over-simplifying? Can they now try her husband?
It's just so off.
msbelle - Jan 06, 2005 6:07:34 am PST #3545 of 10002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
still happy about my no news policy. Things are too upsetting and people, too jackassy.
Lyra Jane - Jan 06, 2005 6:08:02 am PST #3546 of 10002
Up with the sun
The Andrea Yates thing is scary. It surprises me that *no one* noticed. Shouldn't the "expert" have had to introduce a script, or at least something proving he had worked on the show? Weren't there any fanatic L&O fans in the courtroom who knew there was no episode of that description?
Justice is scary.
brenda m - Jan 06, 2005 6:10:06 am PST #3547 of 10002
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
He even apparently testified that it had broadcast shortly before the killings. WTF?
Steph L. - Jan 06, 2005 6:13:29 am PST #3548 of 10002
I look more rad than Lutheranism
I guarantee you that TV show execs are well aware when they get tied into a prominent news item like the Yates trial, and they damn well should have recognized that they had no such episode.
Lyra Jane - Jan 06, 2005 6:16:49 am PST #3549 of 10002
Up with the sun
I wonder if no one questioned it too closely because no one wanted to sound like they were making excuses for a child murderer. I'm not sure why it would have had that effect, but that's all I can think of.
Lee - Jan 06, 2005 6:18:10 am PST #3550 of 10002
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Sorry for the sucky days, Steph and Juliana. I went back to sleep, and feel a little better. I hope your days get better as well.
If Yates' defense attorney was bad enough not to ask for a copy of the episode, I'm glad she's getting a new trial.
msbelle - Jan 06, 2005 6:19:25 am PST #3551 of 10002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
THe meeting I was prepping for yesterday just got moved to tomorrow. I am gonna see what I can get decisions on today anyway.
Jessica - Jan 06, 2005 6:36:02 am PST #3552 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
But wouldn't airing a tape supplied by the network cost a hell of a lot less than sending one of their own?
As someone who works in broadcast/news footage sales, this made me laugh out loud. News networks? NSM with the giving away stuff for free. (Some networks were making footage available for free in the immediate aftermath, but we're way past that now. At this point, if you want footage, you pay through the nose for it, and most affiliates don't have any budget for that sort of thing. They DO have budgets for sending reporters overseas.)