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On Tuesday, 2 July 2013 16:21:15 UTC-3, Eisboch wrote:
I am hooked on watching the Zimmerman trial. I have it streaming
on

my computer, so it isn't interrupted by TV commercials and am also

monitoring the video on the left leaning MSNBC which occasionally

breaks for commercials and the viewer misses much of the testimony
by

witnesses.

The State called a doctor who is the chief medical examiner for the

area that the Zimmerman event took place. She examined the photos
of

his head injuries, along with the report of the PA at the medical

clinic who treated him. She testified that Zimmerman's injuries
were

"very minor" (repeating it at every opportunity) and, in her

opinion, resulted from one blow to the nose and one, maybe two head

bangings on the concrete walkway. This conflicts with Zimmerman's

account of the incident.

She went out of her way to minimize the injuries and insisted they

were the result of minimal blows with not much force.

During this lengthy direct examination by the State, MSNBC didn't

interrupt a single time for a commercial.

Then came the cross examination by the defense. The defense
attorney

started picking her testimony apart questioning why she was so sure

the injuries were from so few blows. She became hostile
occasionally

and the attorney made good use of her frustration with him. She

finally had to admit that it was indeed "possible" that Zimmerman
had

been hit not just once or twice, but multiple times. She did so
with

a hostile attitude.

MSNBC had at least two lengthy station breaks during this cross

examination. The viewers missed a good portion of the cross

examination. Could that just be coincidence?

So now the court is in a 15 minute break. The MSNBC crew are all

excitedly discussing this "conflicting expert testimony" and about

how the doc said Zimmerman only got hit a couple of times.

You gotta be kidding me.

Seems like the whole country is lined up on one side or the other.
It's starting to resemble this newsgroup...or at least it will when
the verdict is handed in.

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Personally, I haven't "lined up" with either side yet. I am
fascinated with the trial. What I am noticing big time is the
presumption of guilt by some of the liberal media and their possible
attempts to keep information that may conflict with their attitudes
away from viewers. I confess, I haven't watched Fox News to see what
their slant is, if any. Maybe I'll do that for a while and see if
their coverage is equally biased the other way.

There's also a lot of presumption of innocent by the conservatives, too.