I am so sick of hearing about the Duke lacrosse rape case. I thought I was pretty fed up when the local and national press descended like the proverbial locusts earlier this spring.
Admittedly I was peeved because I couldn't get my hair done at the
Here's a question. What is so newsworthy about this story? Has reporting this story ad nauseam effectively changed the relations along the divides of race, gender and class in this city? Someone please explain to me how this "news opera" contributes to information that effectively governs the daily course of our lives.
For me, as an instructor of mass communications, the biggest shame of this news debauchery was that pioneer African American journalist Ed Bradley's last piece for "60 Minutes dealt with this episodic, trivial pursuit. This case is not about truth and justice yet ironically it still is about the American way: money. I am sure if these indicted players hailed from lower tax brackets, there would be no high price defense team.
W. Russell Robinson
Durham
December 23, 2006
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Durham HeraldSun
