Imagine that you get your news from the mainstream media, you don't read Salon or DU, and all you have time for is headlines.
OK. Here's all the CNN Ivins headlines for the past 5 days:
Anthrax suspect obsessed with sorority, officials say updated 1 day ago
His decades-long obsession with a college sorority may link a former Army biowarfare scientist to four anthrax-laced letters dropped off at a New Jersey mailbox in 2001, authorities said Monday in the latest twist of one of the most bizarre unsolved crimes in FBI history.
Intended anthrax target has doubts about probe updated 1 day ago
An intended recipient of one of the anthrax-laced letters sent in 2001's anthrax scare said Monday he was "very skeptical" of the government's investigation.
Source: DNA links man to anthrax mailings updated 1 day ago
DNA evidence from the deadly 2001 anthrax mailings led authorities to a suspect who officials say killed himself, according to a source familiar with the investigation.
Therapist: Ivins described plot to kill colleagues updated 2 days ago
An anthrax researcher who committed suicide Tuesday had threatened his therapist and recently outlined a plan to kill his co-workers, according to audiotape of court testimony.
Was anthrax suspect model citizen or menace? updated Sat, August 2, 2008
Bruce E. Ivins was a juggler, a gardener, a church musician, a Red Cross volunteer -- and a suspected multiple murderer, according to federal authorities.
Two sides of scientist emerge after suicide updated Fri, August 1, 2008
Friends say a scientist who killed himself amid an anthrax investigation fit many stereotypes, but biological terrorist was not one of them.
The basics of anthrax updated Fri, August 1, 2008
The apparent suicide of former government researcher Bruce Ivins is the latest development in the mystery of the anthrax attacks of 2001. Letters laced with the bacteria brought the disease into the forefront, sparking fear across America.
Anthrax suspect, scientist, kills self as FBI closes in updated Fri, August 1, 2008
Prosecutors likely would have sought the death penalty against a researcher who killed himself after learning he was going to be charged in the 2001 anthrax killings, two sources told CNN on Friday.
Report: Anthrax suspect kills self before filing of criminal charges updated Fri, August 1, 2008
A top U.S. biodefense researcher apparently committed suicide just as the Justice Department was about to file criminal charges against him in the anthrax mailings that traumatized the nation in the weeks following the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, according to a published report.
http://search.cnn.com/search?query=ivins&type=news&sortBy=date&intl=false Normally, this wouldn't matter. Normally these things get decided in a Court of Law where all sides are presented. But Ivins is conveniently dead. The Court is now the Court of Public Opinion.
So here's the question: What percentage of the public think Ivins is guilty as hell?
My guess is 50% have heard about the case and that 70+% think he's guilty.