DISCLAIMER THIS IS A PICTURE WITH RICHARD JEWELL NOT THE STUDENT WHO SETTLED
I have always liked pictures of L. Lin Wood with Richard Jewell for three reasons:
1. Lin Wood found he was a top defamation – libel plaintiff attorney by representing Richard Jewell and for that all of the little guys out there now have a voice.
2. Lin Wood and Richard Jewell traveled together and lectured colleges in journalism classes about ethics, and did that until Jewell died
3. When Jewell died Lin Wood dropped everything and came home to deliver the eulogy at his “friend’s funeral” and told the world the story of the rose that Jewell left each year at the site of the one woman he was not able to save.
All of us should be so lucky to have Wood represent us or give us a voice in this 24/7 infotainment passed as news we all live in, and two any who have Wood as a friend has to be blessed, just my opinion. Wood does not give bloggers interviews. Once Wood and I were on opposite sides of a lawsuit he treated me as a southern gentleman instead of gutting me and making me cry as we hear in lots of lawsuits when Wood lasers in on his opponents.
In a Google alert I got this today and so hunted down the lawsuit of the case that has been settled.
“A student at Florida A & M University has sued two Florida media outlets — Florida A & M University’s The Famuan and ABC-affiliate WFTV — for wrongly reporting that he was disciplined because of fellow student Robert Champion’s 2011 hazing death.
And even though The Famuan, the university’s student newspaper, corrected the error made in a December 2011 story, the student, Keon Hollis, still sued because “the correction was a whisper of innocence that could never overcome the initial shout of guilty,” his attorney Lin Wood told iMediaEthics. Wood explained in an email:
“The initial false online article conveyed to readers that Keon was a participant in the hazing that resulted in the death of his friend. Before the article was corrected, it was republished and discussed on the Internet numerous times.”
The article has since been unpublished, and a correction has been published online reading:
“On Dec. 2, 2011, Keon Hollis of Atlanta was incorrectly identified on thefamuanonline.com as one of four drum majors for the ‘Marching 100′ band dismissed from Florida A&M University following the hazing death of Drum major Robert Champion. Hollis was not suspended, dismissed, expelled or reprimanded in connection to the hazing of Robert Champion. We deeply regret the error.”
Following that December 2012 libel lawsuit over a December 2011 story, Florida A & M University’s School of Journalism and Graphic Communication dean, Dr. Ann Kimbrough, announced a huge shake-up with student newspaper The Famuan in early January, Student Press Law Center reported.”
…After the libel lawsuit was filed, there were several changes made at The Famuan, including a temporary suspension “from publishing,” journalism training for staff, and a change of adviser.
FAMU Journalim School dean, Ann Kimbrough, told iMediaEthics the temporary suspension was in effect for the month of January and indicated it was related to money problems. She wrote:
“The administration postponed the publishing of the first issue until the training and other processes were completed. The Famuan published its first issue on January 30. There are financial strains.”
Before responding to iMediaEthics’ inquiry, Kimbrough noted that because of the pending litigation, she had to “coordinate all responses with our attorney.”
She declined to comment on the libel lawsuit or any new measures at The Famuan because of the libel lawsuit because “this is an active legal matter.” But, she did note in an email to iMediaEthics that the newspaper’s staff had to get “training in areas including ethics, media sales, newspaper management, layout and design, copyediting, etc.”
That bold part is what made me think of Richard Jewell today.
Hollis, the student suing The Famuan, also sued Orlando ABC-affiliate WFTV for its Dec. 5, 2011 story “FAMU student leaders call for an end to hazing.” According to Courthouse News Service, Hollis’s lawsuit indicated WFTV also wrongly reported he was disciplined in relation to the hazing based on The Famuan’s story.
“Hollis says the article attributed its statements about him to FAMU’s student newspaper, The Famuan, which mistakenly identified Hollis as one of four students who had been expelled after Champion’s death. He claims The Famuan removed his name from the original article before WFTV and Cox Media published their piece, but the defendants failed to remove the false and defamatory statements. After Hollis demanded a retraction, WFTV and Cox Media updated the article, stating that Hollis had not been suspended, but he says they failed to mention that Hollis had not contributed to Champion’s death.”
Wood, the attorney who also represented Hollis in his lawsuit against WFTV told iMediaEthics that “The WTFV matter has settled. The FAMUAN lawsuit has been set for mediation by agreement of the parties.” WFTV News Director Matt Parcell confirmed the settlement, telling iMediaEthics by email: “The matter has been settled and we have no further comment.”
Here is the Original Complaint filed by Hollis against Orlando ABC-affiliate WFTV:
Call me a “romantic” but I like to think perhaps Lin Wood has a picture of Richard Jewell in his office and when he defends one of the “damned” as Dan Rather calls Wood as the “voice of the damned”; Wood is grounded by the wrong and horrible aftermath of a client turned friend, Richard Jewell.
I am sure Richard Jewell thinks, “Good job, Lin, good job”.
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Straight Talk with John J Nazarian guest is Ryan Katzenbach, who just spent six years and his own money to produce a 6 hour 3 part documentary called SHATTERED HOPES • PART I: FROM HORROR TO HOMICIDE. Part 1 deals with the dysfunctional DeFeo family and how the family went from an upper scale family in the small village of Amityville on Long Island New York; to one of the worse family slaughter by the oldest son, Ronald Joseph “Butch” DeFeo, Jr who was 33 years old when he murdered his family.
This is a situation where what really happened the night of November 13, 1974 is scarier than all of the subsequent “ghost stories”; which only one family, the Lutz Family, ever claimed to have happened. The truth “out shines” the horror movies made about the house being haunted.
Part of the Press release states; “Six years in the making, Shattered Hopes takes you inside the DeFeo home at 112 Ocean Avenue like never before. Shattered’s Part I: From Horror To Homicide features interviews with…
• Ric Osuna, author of The Night The DeFeos Died: Reinvestigating The Amityville Murders
• Dr. Eric Hickey, Ph.D., Forensic psychologist/criminologist and Dr. Kathleen Puckett, Ph.D, retired FBI agent.
•Ryan Katzenbach, Amityville researcher who has spent the last decade researching the case.
• Suffolk Homicide Detective Gerard Gozaloff, partner to DeFeo lead homicide investigator George Harrison.
• Peggy Giambra, Juror #8, The People v. DeFeo
• Anthony Gangitano, friend to Marc DeFeo and his teammate on the Massapequa Mustangs’ Football team
• Gloria Gangitano, friend of Louise DeFeo.
My co-host and one of my producers Rose Turner has seen the DVD and says that it is so much more interesting and gripping then any of the original “haunting movies”.
Rose Turner has said: “I found this to be one of the most forensic and thorough research of a murdered family that far surpasses the horror movies. As things are often said, the real story is much more disturbing then the fiction of hauntings that made Amityville infamous. Once I started watching the DVD for part 1 I could not stop watching it. There are no words to describe how well this is done and how intense it is. I recommend it to everyone that wants the truth including the real horrors of this house and not Hollywood hype ghost stories.”
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Our friend Daniel DiCriscio recently bumped into Nancy Grace in Hollywood.
Well, when you think of Nancy Grace many words come to mind like: “She is…” – acerbic, abrasive, opinionated, harsh, heartless, smart, educated, sharp, controversial, to the point, tough, and the list goes on, and oh, the B word, too, let’s not forget that word..the one that rhymes with witch, LOL!
Well, I, like many fans of Nancy Grace’s HLN show, I too am one! I was intriqued by her, shall we say, “candor” on her show and in your face “southern style” delivery; much like a pit bull, she grabs a hold of your private parts and won’t let go! It seems that Nancy is so driven due to her first fiancé’s murder that it made her embark on a legal career! Her journey after being in the Georgia court system to garnering national attention is quite amazing really: from Court TV to HLN to…Dancing with the Stars…there seems to be no stopping her!
My apology to Daniel for being under the weather this week but more than glad to link into the blog that picked up his article.
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On Thursday and Friday the defense of Dr. Conrad Murray led by Edward Chernoff with medical special attorney Michael Flannigan.
Dr. Robert Waldman an addiction medicine specialist said Dr. Arnold Klein’s records from treating Michael Jackson show the King of Pop was receiving “large” doses of the powerful painkiller Demerol for seemingly no reason. He also said based on the testimony of Jackson personal assistant and the head of Jackson’s security it appeared that Dr. Arnold Klein had not turned over all of his medical records that the Judge Michael Pastor had ordered those records be produced. I found that very interesting.
Chernoff displayed the Klein’s records for treating “Omar Arnold,” one of Jackson’s many aliases. The records showed Klein injected the singer with Botox and Restylane, drugs used for smoothing wrinkles. Dr. Klein also treated Jackson to reduce “excessive perspiration” by injecting Botox into his groin and armpits. “Groin”? OHCH!!!!
During an intense cross examination Thursday, by Deputy D. A. David Walgren,Dr. Robert Waldman accused Walgren of putting words in his mouth. Walgren seemed to be trying to imply that because Dr. Waldman also practices dialysis, he may not be most knowledgeable expert for this case. Dr. Waldman testified earlier that Michael Jackson was dependent on the painkiller Demerol. Is that like asking Walgren how many first degree murder trials he’s tried?
Dr. Paul White the “God Father of Propoful testified today.
Dr. White testified that lollipops laced with propofol may be an effective way to sedate patients without having to give them an IV, because the anesthetic can be absorbed through the tissues in the mouth. Blood testing of one of the subjects from Dr. Shafer’s study showed the presence of propofol. Dr. White said this could have been the due to absorption through the tissues in the subject’s mouth. Dr. White also said he agreed that Dr. Murray should have never left Michael Jackson’s side while giving Jackson propofol.
What do all you think about the latest news that Dr. Conrad Murray might serve any sentence under home arrest with an ankle bracelet? Do you think he will see the inside of prison in California? Is a conviction possible or can the defense still pull this out as Jackson’s killing himself because he was an addict?
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The witnesses day five:
12. Dr. Richelle Cooper ER Doctor at UCLA
13. Edward Dixon with AT&T Cell phone
14. Jeff Strohm Sprint – Nextel phone
15. Dr. Thao Nguyen UCLA was Fellow in Cardiologist was called down for VIP Michael Jackson
16. Dr. Joanne Prashad had to call Dr. Murray on June 25th about a previous patient, NOT UCLA but Houston, Texas doctor.
17. Antoinette Gill a patient/girlfriend of Dr. Murray
18. Consuela Ng worked for Dr. Murray
On Friday night, September 30, 2011, Dr. Drew, which airs at 9 PM EST & PST and 8 PM CST and MST, spoke with body language expert Mark Edgar Stephens about what clues Conrad Murray had revealed by his posture, movements, and facial expressions. As Edgar explains how the jury is likely to interpret these subtle clues, one thing becomes clear: the psychological drama here is intense!
Though Dr. Murray has remained deliberately “stone faced” during the trial, Edgar has noted various “micro expressions” that could lead to larger revelations:
“What we’re seeing most with him is sadness. At the moment that he broke down and he cried, he really showed that there is sadness. So then the question becomes ‘Is it sadness for what’s happened to Michael?’ or “Is it sadness for what’s happening in his own life?
What do you think? How is the jury going to interpret Dr. Murray’s body language? Does his constant note taking make him seem credible and in control or more calculating and cold?
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The witnesses day four:
8. Robert William Johnson NONIN Medical makers of heart and oxygen level devices, like the finger one we all get when at a doctor’s visit.
9. Robert Russell, a patient of Dr. Murray’s in Las Vegas
10. Richard Senneff, Head EMT
11. Martin Blount EMT
12. Dr. Richelle Cooper ER Doctor at UCLA
The most important testimony today is from Richard Senneff, first EMT on the scene. His assesment was Michael Jackson was a chronically ill person, frail, very thin, could see his ribs, pale, eyes open and dry. He asked Dr Murray was there a DNR in place because of the IV attached to Jackson’s left thigh and that the EMT’s could not find a vein in either of Jackson’s arms they could get a needle into. Only allergy that Dr. Murray was aware of was Thorazine (look it up that was a WOW moment for me). The Dupty D. A. did direct this morning, the defense will resume after lunch. Richard Senneff and UCLA was ready to call it as deceased two times before 1:00 PM but Conrad would not allow them to.
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Last night, on HLN which airs at 9 PM EST & PST and 8 PM CST and MST, Dr. Drew sat down for an EXCLUSIVE interview with Dr. Patrick Treacy, a cosmetic doctor who also treated Michael Jackson with, you guessed it, Propofol! Twice! Dr. Treacy defended his own use of the popular and powerful anesthetic, but completely dismissed the defense’s arguments of a “perfect storm” of powerful drugs having killed the King of Pop.
When Dr. Drew mentioned the defense’s argument that Michael Jackson might have taken his own life, Treacy ripped apart Murray’s defense:
“OK, if we look at the facts … why is propofol so popular with anesthesiologist? If you give injection of it, there is no antidote, but it only last four minutes and it wears off. If he took a 20 mil syringe himself, the most he can give himself a shot of is 200 milligrams, which would only keep him asleep for four minutes and he would wake up again. It is almost physically impossible he could have killed himself.”
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I was working on the computer, probably on my family tree Friday, January 21, 2011, and had MSNBC on in the background waiting for Keith Olbermann and Friday night with James Thurber, which Ken loved.
When “Count Down” with Keith Olbermann came on I watched but continued at the computer, turning to watch certain segments. Then the world of broadcast changed with Olbermann saying something like “Next this will be the last night of Countdown, more about that when I return”, cut to commercial break. I was stunned, was he changing the name of his show, what?? I never in a million years expected to hear what he said when he came back. I was stunned, looking at Ken and saying WTF???
Well we have found out some of that over the last two days as well as a lot of hype of being fired, quitting, Tom Brokaw, being a lefty, having problems with the powers to be, believing he was all omnipotent, wanted to go back to sports, wanted to be a comedy writer a lot of things spinning out there, but here are a few “truths” .
MSNBC was a third place cable news network never getting traction, we would watch for a few minutes and then always go back to CNN, love Anderson Cooper and 360 there and got my two hours of news a night from his format. Then in 2006, I had MSNBC on for some reason perhaps it was destiny and I listened to Olbermann’s first Special Comment and I cried. Here was a guy talking truth to power, and like Valerie Plame and her husband Ambassador Joe Wilson. I feared Olbermann would be silenced by the Bush regime, or as his nickname in Texas goes “shrub” .
Why was this important?? Because like other greats before him, Walter Conkrite, who I idolized and he truly was the most trusted man in America and then Tom Brokaw of which I watched every night with some “Meet the Press” with Tim Russert. What made all of these newsman great to me was that each controlled their own content. Cronkite broke what the Viet Nam War was really about and with that courage of Cronkite the war ended. As Nixon said; “If Cronkite says it is over, then it is over”. I don’t remember Brokaw doing much of that Bryan Williams did more with his coverage of Hurricane Katrina and taking up for those in the Super Dome that he had spent the night with as other media began to slam them as “just the pour and the unruly”. Russert had control of the whole news department in both NBC and MSNBC as Browkaw had with NBC and Cronkite had with CBS. These titans knew that success depended on being able to speak the truth when you felt strongly about something. “Control of content”, something every successful commentator has had. That is what made Olbermann climbed and taking MSNBC with him, he controlled the content of his special comments and wow did they deliver a punch.
We have often said we are moderate independents, that silent majority here in politics, no real voice out there and not aligning with anyone, but when Olbermann took on the Regime we were govern — all of us knew this was special, this could be career ending for Olbermann, but it needed to be said. He pulled MSNBC out of third place and propelled them into 2nd place leaving CNN behind in the dust so to say. There was finally a voice not just for progressives or bleeding heart liberals, but to all of us who wanted our country back, and believed that could happen.
Tom Brokaw needs to retire and go to Wyoming or Montana like he promised he would, but no, he is still powerful, thought all cable news as unneeded and refused to appear on MSNBC, he was a dinosaur and wanted to hang on to that era; although never doubt he had total control of his content and still does it appears as well as others content. We have learned that Brokaw is more powerful in retirement then what any of us knew, it was not the regime in power we needed to worry about taking a new and clear voice as Olbernmann down, it would be someone we all trusted at one time, Browkaw and his lingering power
It was Tim Russert who saw the vision of cable news for NBC via the vehicle of MSNBC and he began to appear and encouraged others from the NBC side of News to appear, eventually even Brokaw appeared on election nights. Dan Abrams totally saw the future and reformatted MSNBC before he was canned.
At the end of Olbermann’s nightly commentary of events that he found of interest that day; Olbermann said “Goodnight and Good Luck”, from Edward R. Murrow. There are many prestigious awards worth more on the mantle of accolades and there are multiple Murrow awards given out every year, too many to even list or remember. Olbermann prized his Edward R, Murrow award though more than any other award he might have been given. Murrow spoke truth to power and it cost him his whole career. He unmasked the witch hunt of the 50’s under McCarthy and lifted a veil of fear that had gripped this country after WWII. Murrow spoke truth to power and McCarthy lost his power, was unmasked for what he was and ended that regime. Murrow paid with his whole career being taken off news and put on some Sunday night Live interview show and then faded out into what those in power in the media hoped would be oblivion.
Walter Cronkite worked after his retirement on leveling the campaign field seeing cable news as a vehicle to help reform political campaign financing. He felt with 24 hours of cable that each candidate could be assured of equal time and by that would get the powerful corporations and lobbyists out of our politics which would give it back to the voter, and prevent a Corpocracy as even Thomas Jefferson used to warn the country to beware of and not to allow that to happen. I didn’t know that about Cronkite until his death but that made him even more the most trusted man in America in my eyes. Russert saw potential in cable news and supported the then fledgling MSNBC and believed in Olbermann. Russert understood “control of one’s content” and the power that gave a voice. Hell even Fox “News” gives O’Reilly control of content., but that is for another day.
Brokaw and Comcast won and we lost a valuable voice on Friday night and the cable network will bow to the gods that be and my respect for Brokaw has been taken forever, leaving only a bad taste in my mouth. Something I thought could never happened until the last two months cumulating in this past 3 days.
Take Action has asked those of us who put 350,000 signatures in less than 48 hours, to sign a Thank you to Olbermann On a petition to bring Olbermann back in November which was successful and with that the people speaking we put into motion both good and bad. Good in that we have a voice and the internet has leveled the playing field a bit, but also unknowingly we set into motion the eventual take down of Oblermann by Browkaw and his lords in the main offices. When you take risks, you make powerful enemies and those with Brokaw at the helm was determine to silence the “silent majority” and the progressives who loved Olbermann. Brokaw needs to fade away and perhaps as MSNBC goes down in the flames of ratings and those few advertising dollars that all networks and shows fight for diminish, it will be Brokaw who fades into obscurity.
Keith Olbermann or KO as he is called will be back, it is rumored he cannot come back on air for many months because of the non-competition clause of most contracts which are bought out and have as a condition for several months if not for the whole two years left on Olbermann’s contract. 15 million dollars in a buyout gives a lot of credence to the no compete clause. Olbermann it appears can be heard as a sportscaster or on radio or he can become an internet powerhouse, I hope the latter happens fast and during the time he has to remain off of the air. I can see something equal to the Huffington Post, say Olbermann’s View, with Olbermann giving those who work at some endeavor like that, control of their content, and if he does those who want to participate will line up to sign on, and Olbermann will make a ton of money along the way.
I will not be watching MSNBC again, even though I wish Rachel Maddow only the best, because at the end of day the little guys like us citizens can only control the media in ratings which equals advertising dollars and the money advertisers pay and that my friends gives us POWER.. That POWER we must each claim right now if we believe in freedom of speech, freedom of the press and those eloquent enough to make it in the media should have control of “their content and editorial opinions”. The ACLU says it best when they go head to head to protect that right for someone that makes me ill, because if we do not protect that person’s right then it will end for all of us. We can see that now in the censorship of American news and opinion shows and the difference in the U. K. media and Canadian media. How ironic that which our founding fathers fought so hard for to keep us free, is given more in the motherland of the U. K. then in America.
I encourage each of you to sign the thank you that is up on line at Bold Progressive site and watch David Shuster’s video from this morning’s CNN “Reliable Sources” He sums it up great.
I close with two additional things:
1. What I wrote on the thank you petition : “To Keith, Edward R Murrow spoke truth to power, you knew that and you knew what that cost him and yet you followed him and spoke truth to power, on both sides of the spectrum.
The internet has a way of making the stage more even today. I know you will be back and a million of us will be waiting for you. Advertising dollars are tight these days, and in that is power.
Last night as you said goodbye I was shocked and then when you said “Goodnight and Good Luck” I saw a class act. I will not be watching MSNBC again, looks like CNN is going to attack a lot of us until we learn where you will again appear.”
2. However much more importantly is what Thomas Jefferson wrote in a letter as the press of his day slammed him unmercifully: “If it were left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.”
Join with us and the growing outcry and boycott MSNBC, in numbers, “We the people” still have a lot of power if we use that power wisely. Remember viewership equals advertising dollars, a simple rule that has a lot of power.
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