11-19-2021, 09:44 PM
(11-18-2021, 04:31 PM)jj22 Wrote: Judge bans MSNBC from court based off or right wing conspiracy.
https://twitter.com/FoxNews/status/1461389505143975938
To summarize. Some random guy ran a red light or some sort of traffic violation which was in distance of the jury bus claims he was from MSNBC and was following jury bus (unverified as admitted by judge - would be easy to verify their employee), and the judge bans the whole network from courtroom.
(11-19-2021, 12:22 PM)jj22 Wrote: It was an extreme move. But MSNBC should have known the judge they were dealing with and not risked anything. Reporters do follow the jury bus though (that is how they get a heads up when the deliberations are over). It happens more than we know and the jury aren't intimidated because they don't know what cars behind them on a bus are reporters from regular people. But reporters are everywhere we are learning but in their face in the hotel room lobby etc. They are "hidden" mostly and know not to approach them.
And it had nothing to do with reporting on what is going on inside the courtroom. But we've established the judges "issues" and it's pretty well known at this point.
It wasn't scandalous enough for the judge to react like he did. It wasn't like the reporter got caught talking to them or interviewing them. It wasn't like he got caught harassing the bus or forcing it to change direction or something.
It was a traffic violation and that is the only reason why we heard of it. If it was thought to be scandalous he wouldn't have said he was a reporter. He did because it was common practice to keep an eye on the jury bus to see when they are headed back to the trial during deliberations. Everyone wants to be the first to report that the jury has reached a verdict. Fox news reporters and all other media outlet reporters probably drove past him and chuckled as they continued on the pursuit of the bus.
I say this as someone with no problem with you, and I generally think you're a good dude. But these two posts should really tell you something if you took a moment and examined them. You were very quick to label this a "right wing conspiracy" and then it turned out to be 100% factual. I don't think you realize how much you emulate the very behavior and attitudes that you lambast in others. Take some time, let the facts come in before you make a knee jerk decision.
(11-19-2021, 04:14 PM)jj22 Wrote: He is a white supremacist. Photo's don't lie. Before he was crying about the crime he was bragging with them about it. The jury wasn't able to see that tho.
This is silly. I already explained why the OK hand symbol is not a white supremacist symbol. You are correct though, the jury was only able to see evidence actually related to the offense in question. That pesky criminal justice system and its rules to protect defendants.
