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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.

The most insidious power the media has is to not report the news.