Thursday, January 12, 2006

when does the press start to feel the pressure?


Anna, of course the wickedy burg of William is not functioning right as of our departure! Was anything else in the picture?
As to answer some questions, I had a blast at the concert! THANK YOU VALA FOR GETTING ME A TICKET!
So Iceland has been in an uproar today because of events that happened yesterday. One newspaper in Iceland, known for overexploiting personal information and pictures, reported yesterday on the front page that a "Onehanded teacher guilty of child mollestation" (I do not have the article in front of me at the moment, but do believe it sounded something like that). Along with that GINORMOUS heading, was a picture of this man. Now, why is this so disturbing??
First of all...
- The man was not found guilty. Not only was he not found guilty, but THIS "CASE" WAS JUST IN THE EARLY STAGES OF INVESTIGATION! The newspaper printed that he was guilty before having any sort of trial. Why would a newspaper write something so false? The word GUILTY could have been replaced by so many other CORRECT words. Then you have to start wondering why the hell is this newspaper writing about something they don´t have a bloody clue about. They say a man is guilty of mollestation pre-trial. Innocent until proven guilty. Is that not how a well established country function? It's like DV is willing to print any ole bullshit, false or true, that it hears. 30 steps too far.
Second of all...
- The man commited suicide after having seen the newpaper. Is his suicide connected to the adverse article in the newspaper? Yes, that is my opinion. Did he leave a suicide letter saying he was innocent. Yes he did. Will he ever be able to testify to argue his case? NO.

DV is a shabby newspaper that either needs to halt its publishing, or do a complete 360 in it's news writing.

Because of a preposterous newspaper, a sad and premature death was the result for one man.

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