tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13073631.post3320319305163964914..comments2024-01-04T07:21:18.243-05:00Comments on John In Carolina: N&O Public Editor RespondsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13073631.post-18247845006009023492007-08-08T10:23:00.000-04:002007-08-08T10:23:00.000-04:00John - I think this is simple. The Newsobserver is...John - I think this is simple. The Newsobserver is trying to steal customers away from the Wilmington Journal. They need to write for their target readership.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13073631.post-90856022679296859812007-08-08T09:50:00.000-04:002007-08-08T09:50:00.000-04:00I think that boy has been to the Melanie Sill Skoo...I think that boy has been to the Melanie Sill Skool for Stupid Editors Who Think They is Smarter Then There Reeders. <BR/><BR/>What a pathetic bureaucrat. I wonder if he used to have moral scruples and ideals back when he was young.<BR/><BR/> sic semper tyrannisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13073631.post-90090750831456263292007-08-08T08:30:00.000-04:002007-08-08T08:30:00.000-04:00John:As I read through Vaden's response I could on...John:<BR/><BR/>As I read through Vaden's response I could only shake my head. Seemingly, it was a total denial of the damage the paper had caused.<BR/><BR/>I think its appropriate to examine the single most damaging act commited by the N&O: the March 25, 2006, interview story, allegedly containing only public information. OK. Let's take a look at that.<BR/><BR/>The interview story did not reference the news that a secong person was brutally raped. Since the N&O had reviewed the public reports for the story, a reasonable question that could be asked is why there was no record of that secong rape in the police report? If, in fact, a second rape had occurred, wouldn't that be headline news?<BR/><BR/>Why were there no pictures of the crime scene by the N&O? Crime scene photos are very much public information. <BR/><BR/>How about Shelton's initial encounter with the dancer. Was that in the public record? Did N&O think that his report was not worthwhile to investigate before running the story of the "victim"?<BR/><BR/>You get the idea.<BR/><BR/>Ken<BR/>DallasAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13073631.post-48825811225443938442007-08-08T06:14:00.000-04:002007-08-08T06:14:00.000-04:00Gee, that was a comprehensive response, wasn't it?...Gee, that was a comprehensive response, wasn't it? He covered all the bases (sarcasm).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13073631.post-55432293791138274052007-08-08T05:35:00.000-04:002007-08-08T05:35:00.000-04:00If, as Vaden says, "I was told that the story was ...If, as Vaden says, "I was told that the story was limited to comments supported by information in the public record, i.e, police reports or court records."<BR/><BR/>1. Why have they not identified the police reports and court records they referenced?<BR/><BR/>2. Why did they do the story at all? Would not a dry recitation of the statements made in the official documents have provided the same information without all of the emotional baggage? <BR/><BR/>3. Has he investigated whether or not the paper was "used?" Who tipped them off on the identity and location of the accuser? Who wanted the story out in public as a first person narrative?<BR/><BR/>4. As things started falling apart, why was there no reassessment of the decision to withhold the potentially exculpatory statements, especially in light of his comments that "some key disclosures made by the paper's reporters:" included <B>"• Problems with the evidence upon which the prosecution based its case, including the accuser's changing versions of the alleged assault."</B> If the Observer was pointing out how the story changed, couldn't they find room for the earliest instance of the story changing <B>before</B> the AG came out and ended the case?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13073631.post-31911458023539925692007-08-07T23:41:00.000-04:002007-08-07T23:41:00.000-04:00Thanks johnMaybe you could ask him what he would s...Thanks john<BR/><BR/>Maybe you could ask him what he would say in his column if he was aware of all this and it had been published by another paper (or something of that nature).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13073631.post-37955399189484852112007-08-07T21:29:00.000-04:002007-08-07T21:29:00.000-04:00Well, Ted Vaden continues to be a useful as an anc...Well, Ted Vaden continues to be a useful as an anchor on a bicycle.<BR/><BR/>-ACAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13073631.post-57663659423511317102007-08-07T16:33:00.000-04:002007-08-07T16:33:00.000-04:00Vaden daid:"Hello John,I first knew the content of...Vaden daid:<BR/><BR/>"Hello John,<BR/><BR/>I first knew the content of the other comments made by the accuser when I read them in the article of April 12, 2007, that you refer to in your post. When I interviewed The N&O's editors shortly after the March 25, 2006, interview story was published, I was told that the story was limited to comments supported by information in the public record, i.e, police reports or court records. The allegations about the other dancer were not in the public record. "<BR/>:: :: :: :: :: ::<BR/><BR/>John, <BR/>Please ask Mr. Vaden why he didn't ask his editors and/or reporters what else CGM said that wasn't in the police reports. I would think that info would be a possible scoop for the paper.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com