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Doubts over the anthrax case intensify -- except among much of the media

While most independent observers express increasing skepticism over the FBI's case against Bruce Ivins, the establishment media uncritically amplifies those claims
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  • Monday, August 18, 2008 07:20 AM

    Don't the reporters watch TV?

    Every crime drama on the tube covers evidence gathering and what constitutes a solid case. I recommend a few DVD's of CSI for each reporter before stenographing the government's theories.

    The Quinn Martin dramas of the 1970s covered holes in the plot by showing you who did it and why at the beginning so you were ahead of the detective as you watched him catch up and you didn't wonder what prompted him to pursue that particular clue.

    So we need less Barnaby Jones and more Gil Grissom in the newsroom.

    —tebmtn Read tebmtn's other letters

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