Anderson: H-S "simply enables" Nifong

Professor and pundit William "Bill" Anderson has often graced JinC posts with informed analysis and wise words concerning the Hoax and frame-up.

Today, Monday, Mar. 5, Bill provides more sound analysis and wise words, this time in a letter today to Bob Ashley’s Durham Herald Sun.

[Excerpts]In your March 2 editorial, "N.C. Bar also faces scrutiny," The Herald-Sun once again defends Michael Nifong as though his actions simply were "mistakes," something akin to putting down the wrong answer on a math quiz. Then you say: "Nifong certainly made mistakes, as he concedes, but no one has been wrongly convicted, and no trial has been held." [...]

No harm? What about the millions of dollars the families have had to spend to defend their sons, with the charges being transparently false? What about the damage to the reputations of individuals and to Duke University? [...]

Now Nifong tells the N.C. Bar in a letter that he did not attend any April 10 meeting, and in the same letter mentions the April 10 meeting. Does The Herald-Sun see no problem there? No, once again The Herald-Sun simply enables Nifong and continues to try to sweep the dirt under the rug. You should be ashamed.

WILLIAM L. ANDERSON
Cumberland, Md.

Bill's right: the H-S should be ashamed. But it won't be.

Since coming to the H-S in Jan. 2005 Editor Ashely has been the driving force behind three dramatic, recent changes at the H-S. Two of them are large drops in ad revenue and circulation.

The third? Ashley’s "moved" the paper to the point where noone there will publicly acknowledge shame for the H-S's shilling for Nifong and those who’ve conspired and enabled the frame-up and continue to do so.

We need to keep at Ashley as Anderson does so well in his letter which you can read here.

If we don’t keep at Ashley and those like him, things will get worse. If we do keep at them, things can get better.

Let’s stay at it.

Thank you, Bill.