Spin Sells: The Fresno Bee’s Yellow Journalism
The front page of today’s Fresno Bee — I almost always still read the print edition — is mostly occupied with the sensational headline: “FRESNO COUNTY JAIL VIOLENCE ON THE UPSWING: Clashes blamed on realignment.”
The article then goes on to do just that: blame the clashes on realignment.
There are just a few problems, beginning with the opening. Read more
A Jury of His Pears
No, that’s not a typo in the title. I’m paying homage to the Fresno Bee’s latest story about “juror misconduct.”
Frankly, I’m grateful that Pablo Lopez is a Fresno Bee reporter, and not a judge, lawyer, or juror on any of the cases about which he reports.
