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Iran Demands Justice for Trayvon Martin

Posted by David Gerstman on July 22, 2013 16 Comments

Mideast Media Sampler 7-22-2013

Tango Messaging App Hacked by Syrian Electronic Army

Posted by Mandy Nagy on July 21, 2013 5 Comments

The Syrian Electronic Army, a group of hackers that supports the Assad regime, claims it has hacked the database server of messaging and social networking service, Tango. https://twitter.com/Official_SEA12/status/358355124751568896 The group posted the following message to its website Friday: The Syrian Electronic Army hacked the Tango...

KTVU Claims Copyright to Try and Scrub Fake Pilot Names Blunder From Internet

Posted by Mandy Nagy on July 20, 2013 14 Comments

This is turning out to be a case of one TV station that just seems determined to perpetuate the Streisand Effect. KTVU, which was recently duped into reading off the very obviously fake names of several purported pilots from Asiana Flight 214, has apparently been...

Vitaminwater drowns in nanny-state activists’ lawsuit

Posted by Leslie Eastman on July 20, 2013 16 Comments

By its very name, you know that any lawsuit sponsored by Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) will do three things: Target some successful, American corporate entity. Be based on anything other than science. Go counter to any interest that I, as an...

Fear Mongering and Race: The New “Profiling”

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on July 20, 2013 86 Comments

Those of us who have been following Andrew Branca’s excellent coverage of the Zimmerman trial here on LI weren’t at all surprised by the verdict. Indeed, we’d have been surprised by anything else; however, leftists are busy little bees, working their race-baiting denial-of-facts-and-law nonsense with...

MSNBC Host: Obama Trayvon Speech Courageous Like JFK’s Civil Rights Act Speech

Posted by Mandy Nagy on July 19, 2013 166 Comments

President Obama surprised reporters by showing up to today’s White House press briefing, where he made remarks about the Zimmerman case and on the Stand Your Ground law. National Journal was able to capture some of the key quotes: While the president began by commending...

Mass. State Trooper Releases Tsarnaev Capture Photos in Response to Rolling Stone Cover

Posted by Mandy Nagy on July 19, 2013 20 Comments

One Massachusetts State Police officer is speaking out in angry opposition to Rolling Stone’s glamorization of Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. And he’s doing so through photos. From Boston Magazine: Sgt. Sean Murphy, a tactical photographer with the Massachusetts State Police who has photographed the...

EU v. Israel

Posted by David Gerstman on July 18, 2013 14 Comments

Mideast Media Sampler 7-18-2013

Wikileaks lashes out again at on-screen portrayal

Posted by Mandy Nagy on July 17, 2013 6 Comments

The trailer for the upcoming “The Fifth Estate” film about Wikileaks and its controversial founder, Julian Assange, was released today and was the subject of quite a bit of buzz. On the heels of May’s theatrical release of the documentary “We Steal Secrets: The Story...

Soap in a sponge: The enduring myth that George Zimmerman was told not to get out of his car

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 17, 2013 167 Comments

There are many lessons to be learned from the media miscoverage of the George Zimmerman shooting of Trayvon Martin. We’ve dealt repeatedly with the false “hoodie” and racial narratives, the ludicrous audio and video analyses, and the misunderstanding of the role Stand Your Ground played...

Maybe KTVU Should Hire Forum Commenters to Vet Future Pilot Names

Posted by Mandy Nagy on July 16, 2013 17 Comments

Ever since California TV station KTVU erroneously aired the fake names of four pilots falsely purported to be those of Asiana Flight 214, the story has gone viral and left many wondering how the station could have possibly missed that the names were fake. Some...

Attorney Andrew Branca Participates on NPR Zimmerman Panel

Posted by Andrew Branca on July 16, 2013 156 Comments

"the permissible number of times my kids can have their heads bashed on the sidewalk by Trayvon Martin is zero"

Alan Dershowitz vs. Angela Corey over misleading Affidavit of Probable Cause

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 14, 2013 119 Comments

There should be a special prosecutor appointed to investigate this special prosecution.

Facebook Fail: Man Arrested After Commenting on Own “Fugitive of the Day” Photo

Posted by Mandy Nagy on July 14, 2013 17 Comments

Sometimes people should just avoid the urge to comment on Facebook, at least, not without an attorney present. A Florida man was arrested by the Pasco County Sheriff’s Office after commenting on the department’s “Fugitive of the Day” Facebook post in which he was the...

Social Media Erupts at Zimmerman Verdict – continuing updates

Posted by Mandy Nagy on July 13, 2013 141 Comments

The jury in the Zimmerman case reached a not guilty verdict this evening. Legal Insurrection is following the reactions online as well as from demonstrators who have been outside the courthouse since deliberations first began. This post contains press conference videos of key people connected...

Zimmerman Verdict Reached: NOT GUILTY

Posted by Andrew Branca on July 13, 2013 722 Comments

Prof. Jacobson: "Angela Corey should resign"

Zimmerman Trial: Jury Asks for Clarification on Manslaughter

Posted by Andrew Branca on July 13, 2013 433 Comments

The Zimmerman trial jury paused their deliberations at around 6:00PM EST to present Judge Nelson with a question: “May we please have clarification on instructions regarding manslaughter?” Nelson announced the question to the parties in open court, and has now recessed court 30 minutes to...

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