Friday, June 4, 2004

Who's to Blame?

Here's a headline I just saw...

O.J. Simpson Says Media Convicted Him

Well, I'm glad somebody did. It couldn't have been because his blood was found at the murder scene or because he turned up the next morning with deep cuts on his hand and no explanation where they came from. It couldn't have been the bloody footprints in his car and home. It couldn't have been the gloves or the socks or the lady who saw him driving from the murder scene or the fact that he didn't answer when the limo driver buzzed him or the photos of him wearing shoes that matched the killer's or even his acts and threats of violence against his ex-wife.

No, none of that could possibly have made anyone think he was guilty. Had to be the media.

I'm not a big fan of news reporting in this country. I don't think most of it is very good, a situation which is often overlooked because too many interested parties are charging bias and not incompetence. And certainly the media did report a lot of nonsense about Simpson and way too much trivia. But one of the main reasons that man is out playing golf is because he had a media circus in lieu of a trial. So you'd think he'd show a little gratitude.

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Silver Age Suit

Comic book artist (and one-time publisher of DC Comics) Carmine Infantino is suing DC Comics over a number of things he says he created for the company when he was a freelancer. The list includes Batgirl and the Barry Allen version of The Flash.

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Second Generation Bode

I was a big fan of the cartoons and comics by the late Vaughn Bode. Here's an article about the fine work his son is doing of carrying on the tradition.

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