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I'm suspicious of the story, honestly. What are they leaving out? Searching for her name in google news, the Reason story is the only hit, and since this is the

I'm suspicious of the story, honestly. What are they leaving out? Searching for her name in google news, the Reason story is the only hit, and since this is the perfect piece to stoke their readers' engagement, I'm skeptical of their vetting. The GoFundMe was created back in September, and you would surely expect at least local news hits in google news by now.

public_defender 4y ago
I agree that Reason is pretty agenda-driven, and not really a reliable source of reporting, but I don't think there is a special reason to mistrust this story. I have represented several hundreds of people in situations like this. This lady's story wouldn't be in my top quartile of stunning injustice. I have frequently called news outlets to tell them about outrageous cases, and stories like this just don't make news. It's not news that there's a child endangerment law in Texas, it's not news that the police make bullshit arrests, and there's not much else here. The fact that there are no other mentions of this lady and her case on the internet is basically the hobgoblin of my professional life.
- antiterra 4y ago
  Have you ever looked a prosecutor in the face and just said 'what the fuck, dude?' when they pull something stunning like this?
- Kaibeezy 4y ago
  Local news? Is nearly extinct, supposedly. Will be in (what's left of it) shortly, as this article posted today. Articles about articles are news, right? Based on the public info, the locations and stuff check out. In my experience, fakes are usually almost totally fake or unverifiable. I don't think this is fabricated.
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michaelmrose 4y ago
This is bad logic. If it was real it would be on google applies only to conspicuous news stories that effect many people or happen to catch the spotlight. There are 338M of us here in the US. I'm sure for all of us there are events that are notable, terrible, extraordinary. People are in accidents, die, are wronged, fail, triumph and most of it never makes the news and isn't available on google. If I search for my own name all I see are far more notable Michael Roses.
- hanspeter 4y ago
  Something that makes frontpage on Hackernews certainly should be newsworthy and not seeing other media or bloggers pick it up is a little surprising.
  - michaelmrose 4y ago
    Call a local paper in the area where it happened and suggest they cover it?

public_defender 4y ago

I agree that Reason is pretty agenda-driven, and not really a reliable source of reporting, but I don't think there is a special reason to mistrust this story. I have represented several hundreds of people in situations like this. This lady's story wouldn't be in my top quartile of stunning injustice. I have frequently called news outlets to tell them about outrageous cases, and stories like this just don't make news. It's not news that there's a child endangerment law in Texas, it's not news that the police make bullshit arrests, and there's not much else here. The fact that there are no other mentions of this lady and her case on the internet is basically the hobgoblin of my professional life.

antiterra 4y ago
Have you ever looked a prosecutor in the face and just said 'what the fuck, dude?' when they pull something stunning like this?
Kaibeezy 4y ago
Local news? Is nearly extinct, supposedly. Will be in (what's left of it) shortly, as this article posted today. Articles about articles are news, right? Based on the public info, the locations and stuff check out. In my experience, fakes are usually almost totally fake or unverifiable. I don't think this is fabricated.

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michaelmrose 4y ago

This is bad logic. If it was real it would be on google applies only to conspicuous news stories that effect many people or happen to catch the spotlight. There are 338M of us here in the US. I'm sure for all of us there are events that are notable, terrible, extraordinary. People are in accidents, die, are wronged, fail, triumph and most of it never makes the news and isn't available on google. If I search for my own name all I see are far more notable Michael Roses.

hanspeter 4y ago
Something that makes frontpage on Hackernews certainly should be newsworthy and not seeing other media or bloggers pick it up is a little surprising.
- michaelmrose 4y ago
  Call a local paper in the area where it happened and suggest they cover it?