Possibly because David Mamet wrote and directed a 2013 made-for-HBO movie about the case <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Spector_(film)> (Wikipedia) that, uhhh, chose to conveniently ignore a few facts... something journalists are also occasionally apt to do...
PGage, Jan 18th: > Why did so many obits for Spector yesterday use a form of the construction > “convicted of murder”? If you are convicted of murder, you are a murderer. > The former construction seems to be an editorial comment expressing doubt > about his guilt. > B -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/7ca45a6b-191d-4e70-a0dd-adc533795f3en%40googlegroups.com.
