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  Dennis Byrne

  1 hour, 31 minutes ago

  In reply to jnorto:

  Never.
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  jnorto

  2 hours, 14 minutes ago

  In reply to Dennis Byrne:

  Dennis, did your editors never delete your reporter’s speculations out of concern for libel laws?
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  jnorto

  2 hours, 27 minutes ago

  In reply to Get out of IL now!:

  What other unfounded speculations should the media have engaged in but didn’t?
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  Get out of IL now!

  2 hours, 31 minutes ago

  In reply to jnorto:

  You don’t get it, of course, murder is horrific. But the media’s early and automatic slant, with little evidence, was…
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  Dennis Byrne

  4 hours, 42 minutes ago

  In reply to jnorto:

  No, it would not have made a difference. But it would have provided more information–the media’s job–and more context.
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