Steve is absolutely correct about the additional stories on Barb Schneider. My point which I guerss I didn't make clear was that the Strib ran stories for 4 consecutive days til they skipped two for a long self-serving counterpoint from John Delmonico. Yes she also was the subject of a long piece of good work by Josephine Marcotty. And no doubt at least one of the stories Steve B. mentiopns is about police being exonerated in her death.
Nowhere in any of the Strib reports will you hear the scenario of Barbara's death. How the police filled her apartment with gas before kicking in her front door, how they forced her to retreat to the back wall of her bedroom, how they kicked down her bedroom door and shot her as she moved toward them with a knife. Steve may be right once again about Abdullah Simmons. I missed 8/5/01. But by 1/15/02 who remembers Abdullah Simmons? On 3/15/02? Is his name mentioned in a story about Abu Jeilani? I don't know because the Strib website lists only three articles when I used the keyword Abdullah Simmons as I go through the archives and two are the same article. Maybe I don't know the correct keywords. Should I have used cold-blooded or asassination? Yes Steve I guess I missed the story about the plumber's union in the Strib. I try Steve but as a person who is not paid and works at another job and has two hours on a library computer except when I can cadge an extra hour somewhere I do damn well. The fact is that the MPD and the Mayor's office have put on a full court press trying to defuse and coopt and the mainstream press plays right along. You guys don't know facts about the shooting of Abu Jeilani but you are more than willing to pass along the party line coming from MPD. I'm not into conspiracy so much as I believe we are experiencing the most pronounced and concerted effort to squelch dissent since I was in my early 20's. As far as facts, if would be welcome if reporters like Steve asked more than one question. I would suggest he practice saying the word WHY. As far as conspiracies Steve: no conspiracy. You tell me if this country and this city are turning perilously to the far right. Tim Connolly Mpls -- Steve Brandt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I would like to correct the record on a number of > points made by in a Tim Connolly post earlier today, > at the risk of letting facts get in the way of a > good conspiracy rant > > Tim says: The Star Tribune was dropped the Barbara > Schneider story four days after her June, 2000 > shooting death. > The facts: Tim missed stories on the topic that ran > on 7-2-00, 11-9-00, 12-17-00, 2-21-01, 2-24-01 and > 6-13-01, the one year anniversary of her death, plus > numerous letters to the editor and opinion > commentaries. > > Tim says: Abdullah Simmons got about four days of > coverage after his 7-29-01 shooting death. > The facts: Tim missed articles on 8-05-01, 1-15-02, > 3-15-02, plus several letters > > Tim says: He guesses that Chief Robert Olson cued > the Star Tribune to events leading to the Olson-Omar > Jamal photo on Thursday's metro cover. > The facts: Our reporter, Terry Collins, heard of > the meeting from Jamal and Jamal later faxed out a > media advisory beforehand. > > Tim says: He's trying to figure out why the article > of the Wednesdya khat bust was in Friday's paper > instead of Thursday's. > The facts: The restaurant owner didn't send a > reporter here an e-mail about the bust until 1:32 > a.m. Thursday, long after the deadline for that > day's paper. > > Tim says: The Pioneer Press had a small item in > Wednesday's paper about the emergency trusteeship > for Plumbers Local 15. He says he must have missed > the Star Tribune account. > The facts: Tim's right. He missed the Star Tribune > account. That's because it was in the Star Tribune > a day before the Pioneer Press story, and had three > times the length and detail of the Pioneer story. > > I could go on. But why bother? It would just let > the facts get in the way of sloppy research. > > Steve Brandt > Star Tribune > > > > _______________________________________ > Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic > Discussion - Mn E-Democracy > Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: > http://e-democracy.org/mpls __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Movies - coverage of the 74th Academy Awards� http://movies.yahoo.com/ _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
