Re: Bus Driver Beating

[Tim Bonham]

I think you're jumping to conclusions here -- look at the time this 
happened, the time it appeared on police paperwork, and the printing 
deadline for the newspaper.  Several of the other TV & Radio news shows 
didn't have it last night, either.  But they all have it today, including 
the arrest of the person responsible.  If it doesn't appear in either 
Saturday or Sunday papers, then you can ask why.  But give 'em a chance.

(And the driver wasn't THAT severely beaten -- he was released from the 
hospital and felt well enough to appear on the TV news shows.  He seemed 
quite calm about the whole thing -- stated that his attacker 'seemed to 
have some problems and may need some help'.)
Tim Bonham, Standish Erickson neighborhood

>Thursday, during daylight hours, an MTC bus driver was severely beaten by
>a young man in south Minneapolis.  Television carried the story (thank
>you WCCO) and KNOW ran a 15-second sound bite on the arrest.  But our
>wonderful Star Tribune carried not even one word.  Doesn't that just make
>one wonder how much is not thought important enough to report either.
>
>Jack Ferman
>Minneapolis, MN
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