Bryan Kohberger and Trial by Media

[NotHardUp1]

The obsession over the college student murders in Idaho truly seems like more of the same as the real opiate of the masses.

The story has been fanned like a dying ember for months, and not it is in a frenzied churn with all sorts of revelations spinning out without even an arraignment, much less a grand jury or a trial.

And don't get me wrong. I not only think it is likely the evidence will prove Mr. Kohberger's guilt, but that it will be conclusive. However, I don't think that I should be in possession of the information that has already been published, and I'm certain that it poisons potential jurors and increases the likelihood that a legal team could get an OJ type acquittal.

We need legal reform to prevent cases from being all-but-tried in the media, and let the justice system do its process. If a trial, after the fact, merits a forensic investigation by the press, then have at it and appeal, but don't treat an accused as the convicted killer.

The whole story reeks of the media of distraction, just like the coverage of Prince Harry. Our nation has been literally dysfunctional in Congress for a week, we have an immigration crisis that has been ongoing for decades, and we have murder rates at astounding levels even if you don't focus on the mass shootings. Yet four middle-class party kids in Idaho somehow constitute a bigger story that the same four deaths of young folks in drive-by shootings.

Sacha be praised!

 

[Peloso]

Again, the media isn't here to inform us, it's here to suck up our money.

Advertisers know these stories sell, newspapers know this, so they run with it.

I haven't looked into the subject much, but I'd say the original purpose of news was to keep us safe. Alerted to danger or anything else we need to know that might affect our lives. Then it became gossip. And now exists just to generate revenue. As a bonus, the excessive exposure of this story is excellent publicity for the Netflix documentary that will undoubtedly be out by Christmas. Another 15 minutes of information stretched out to ten long hours. I wouldn't be surprised if Netflix is paying news outlets to keep this story on the top of the newsfeed. Why do I need to know about Bryan Kohberger? He's no threat to me and never was.

What I find more disturbing is the fact that out of all the women who are murdered or go missing every day, the only ones who ever make the news are the pretty young white ones. There they are, day after day, pictured on the top of every newsfeed, looking so young and sweet and innocent and infinitely fuckable.

 

[nycguydowntown]

Kids being butchered by a hunting knife in a small town while they sleep by a psycho will always be a big story. And probably a movie at Some point. Of corse if the were brown immigrants probably not so much.

 

[rareboy]

Bread and circuses.

The media is nothing more or less than a circus designed to extract your money at every turn and to elevate excitement, or what they have learned...to try to get a visceral reaction of disgust or anger from the reader.

If it bleeds it leads is just as relevant today as in the 1800's.

People are easily addicted to sensationalism.

And this is why I just don't read msm clickbait stories or watch any television news. I have enough to occupy my life. I don't need unicorn crime stories to entertain me.

 

[NotHardUp1]

Kids being butchered by a hunting knife in a small town while they sleep by a psycho will always be a big story. And probably a movie at Some point. Of corse if the were brown immigrants probably not so much.

Corrected in the interest of accuracy. From Hot Topics, if you ever mention brown deaths, they are immediately dismissed unless caused by police, whites, or white police.

I've argued long and hard that the murder victim rate among blacks is a huge problem, to reverberating silence.

And I'm pretty sure none of us even understand the meaning of psycho. It has slid into the connotative meaning of "vicious" or "bloodthirsty," which isn't enouch to be psychotic. So often these killers present and function as normal human adults. We buy into the psycho definition as if non-murdering individuals with the same profile are ok. One or the other, please.