Troy Carter. Man. Only something epically terrible like the use of rape to score political points could bring me out of my blogging slumber.<\/p>\n
So a kid, who happens to have the last name of some famous people, gets accused of rape. He pleads not-guilty.<\/p>\n
The Bozeman Daily, \u201cHey, let\u2019s run his court evidence in a story! That\u2019ll play out great if this goes to trial. I\u2019ve never even seen Making a Murderer. Prosecution ala media? I don\u2019t even know what that is! Oh! Look my Google Alert set to \u201cKoch\u201d just pinged. You know what? Let\u2019s run it again because, his employer is a conservative group. Don\u2019t forget to put it on a \u2018blog\u2019 so we don\u2019t confuse it with real reporting.\u201d<\/p>\n
Now I know, to a liberal, the Koch brothers are the embodiment of the devil. And they just can\u2019t get enough stories about them. But who cares who his employer is? It literally has nothing to do with the case or even politics in Montana. The only reason is to get search hits on \u201cKoch\u201d.<\/p>\n
Or more nefariously, Carter is trying to make some connection?<\/p>\n
Why else write these stories? In all five, (FIVE!) Times the Chronicle has written about Even Koch. No one has given a rationale for why it matters that Americans for Prosperity or Turning Point USA are his employers.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile a kid\u2014 Troy\u2019s political football\u2014 has to have his name drug around with this accusation. Just because he has a name that pings well.<\/p>\n
This is a real human, who (should) have the presumption of innocence in our jurisprudence. There is a real accusation of rape here, a (potential) victim who shouldn\u2019t have her story brought up repeatedly to the public because Troy Cater has a political axe to grind.<\/p>\n
Disgusting.<\/p>\n
This kind of journalism plays a crucial role in the decline of our politic culture. It is human beings as political cannon balls. It is shameful.<\/p>\n
Some things should be off limits Troy. I hope you live forever.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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