WP: Karr coverage one of "greatest media embarrassments in modern history"

[DeepModem Mom]

The JonBenet Fraud
By Howard Kurtz
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, August 29, 2006

Will every anchor, correspondent and producer who shamelessly hyped the John Mark Karr story now apologize for taking the country for a ride?

Don't hold your breath.

This was such a sham, from the opening moments, that it instantly goes down with the greatest media embarrassments in modern history.

A strange, creepy character emerges from the shadows of Thailand and says he killed JonBenet Ramsey a decade ago? A guy with no known connection to the family? A yutz whose own relatives, including an ex-wife who hates him, says he wasn't even in Colorado at the time?

This is what produces 25-hour-a-day cable coverage, causes the network morning shows to go nuts and even tops the nightly news two days straight? Aren't the TV types who pumped up this empty balloon just a little bit ashamed?

Oh, and does the New York Daily News run a retraction for its banner headline "SOLVED"?...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/linkset/20...

[RevCheesehead]

1. Really?

I would have thought that the leadup to the Iraqi war would top the list.

What passes for media in this country is an embarassment and a joke. Thank God for Keith.

[zbdent]

4. Anointing Bush

and continuing the myth that he was "elected" in 2000 ...

[enough]

7. Correct.

[rock]

15. I second that

[johnnie]

2. Just goes to prove that MSM is just about "Entertainment"

Every single one of them are tabloid freak shows.

I do have to say, many of us are true crime buffs and it was interesting that they caught that dude, but it was pretty clear after the first day he didn't do it.

[OrangeCountyDemocrat]

3. Tune Into Tomorrow

I'm confident that by next week, they'll be able to surpass this one Easily.

We're a country filled with MORONS, and the media is just satisfying their needs. NEXT!!!

[electropop]

5. Successfully squashed the Judge Taylor anti-wiretap judgment.

Mission Accomplished®.

[Cronus Protagonist]

10. Sadly, It's our job to keep that one going... here's my contribution

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[rodeodance]

17. hey thanks,

[democrank]

6. The media circus was shameful

but not surprising. Remember the hype leading up to the invasion of Iraq? That`s what they do best.

[mcscajun]

8. The Daily News "retraction headline" should read: "SERVED!"

assholes.

It didn't take a degree in criminal science or psychology to figure this one out from the get-go. He was looking for attention, and got it. The only positive here is that a child predator was removed from his little Thai paradise.

[leveymg]

9. Newsflash to Kurtz: This was nothing compared to the WaPo's coverage

leading up to the Iraq War Resolution. And your paper still won't admit murder was committed.

[orwell]

11. HOward Kurtz should talk...

...this article aside, he's a media embarrassment almost every day.

[tridim]

12. Why is everyone using the past tense?

They're still blabbering about Karr all over cable. Not only are they not ashamed, they're going to continue to milk this less-than-non-story for weeks or months. Anything to avoid talking about Bush breaking the law and continuing to break the law.

[Kahuna]

13. Yeah boy! Little Danny Abrams sure got off to e rockin' start as

manager of MSGOP.

[oc2002]

14. Well, at least someone on the inside of the MSM sees it.

The huge turd hanging on their chins that is.

[rodeodance]

16. Rush L talked of this article. His spin was that the Plame case was the

the biggest media fraud that almost brought down the presidency and the country during a time of war. He talked of how Armitage and Powell were involved.

[Tempest]

18. Did OxyRush say how Armitage got Plame's name from Rove?

The memo with her name on it was circulated in the State Dept. by Rove.

Armitage, a well-known gossip, was set up by Rove.

[yellowcanine]

19. Hey Blind Pig you found an acorn!