Candice: I read that cute little Times story (AP, actually, but picked up
by the Times) as a discounting of those right-wing Christians--a rather
snobbish version of Liberalism on the part of the Times, but maybe better
than nothing.
At 12:56 PM 8/4/2000 -0400, you wrote:
>Thanks, Ron--I didn't know what to think last night after I heard
>CNN dismissively placing the number of arrests at around 200 while
>keeping up its cheerio-reporterio tone for Convention coverage in
>general (and in line, if not in league, with cute little _NY Times_
>stories like yesterday's one about Republican ice-cream socials!).
>CNN made absolutely no mention last night of the protesters'
>jailhouse treatment, much less their ongoing (so says _The
>Internationalist_) "jailhouse solidarity" action.
>
>At least in the Chicago of Daly & Donkey days, the press could be
>counted on to do its job--Candice
>
>
>
>>>"Can Philly listees confirm an e-bulletin just put out by _The
>>>Internationalist_ in Chapel Hill announcing that 450 demonstrators
>>>("nonviolent activists") have been arrested and charged, with bail set at
>>>$15,000 and a "slow-down" processing in effect?
>
>
>>I can't speak for the treatment in the jails, but yes, they have certainly
>>arrested that many people, perhaps more, and in some instances have set
bail
>>at $50,000 for misdemeanor offenses.
>>
>>Ron Silliman
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