Posted by BeardedLady on October 18, 2002, at 8:17:14
In reply to Re: The DC Sniper » BeardedLady, posted by Mal on October 18, 2002, at 8:05:55
> Perhaps the media are leaking details that the police would rather keep to themselves. I know that if I were affiliated with the authorities, I wouldn't be willing to give deatils to the media on camera or off! In fact, I would probably be willing to lie on camera and say that none of those details were true if I thought it might help the investigation.
Oh, sure. I agree absolutely. But I'm not always a freedom of the press type of girl. I think there are certain things the media shouldn't tell the public, since none of the details they had leaked (or lied about or simply miscontrued, which is far more likely, in my opinion) had anything to do with the public's safety.
I don't think we have the "right to know" unconfirmed or incomplete details from an ongoing investigation, especially when those details might jeopardize the capture of this guy or these guys.
> By examining bullets recovered from victims, forensics personnel can tell if two (or more) bullets came from the same gun- not just the same TYPE of gun. It may also be true that several types of guns use that same type of ammunition- but that is not to say that several guns fired these particular bullets.
Yes, I misspoke and typed quickly. But what the person had said was it came from one type of gun. She left out that the police didn't know which of the eight or ten guns it could be, making it sound like the police knew which gun (exactly) it was, as it could only be one. See what I mean? It's just misleading because it's only half the sentence.
> heard reporters go on and on about details that were wrong. ...It isn't that hard for the reporters to get it right on something like that, so why don't they???
Uh, I don't know how to say it without getting blocked, so I'll leave that to your imagination!
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