Monday, March 7, 2011

Can't help but ask...

Six hundred and twenty-eight words in the Sun for George Marshall. Wonder how that word count compares to the word counts of the year's 28 other victims?
Update: a reader points out that Marshall did get "less than Hezikah Wilson (1,023) and Tyra Trent (898)." Duly noted.
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8 comments:

Anonymous said...

Perhaps because the victim was an upstanding citizen who lived a good, decent life, unlike most murder victims in Baltimore.

I'm surprised the alleged perp's criminal history hasn't gotten more attention. It's just another indictment of the Baltimore criminal justice system and the prosecutorial practices of of Pat Jessamy's team.

Mon Mar 07, 05:00:00 PM EST
Cham said...

Actually, most murder victims are black and poor. Hopefully, we're going to be learning some more about Mr. Ronald T. Gibbs who was murdered on the same day and was also an upstanding citizen and lived a good and decent life, just not white.

Tue Mar 08, 06:24:00 AM EST
Anonymous said...

You race-baiting, intellectually stunted morons: The Sun ran an article on Sterling Palmer, the retired bus driver, who was murdered in his home. The article, AND I COUNTED, come out to about 640 words. Are you happy?!

Are you really that hard-up to report something "scandalous" that you would make such an absurd and baseless accusation, without at least doing the minimum of due diligence?! Idiots!

And Cham, you are a slag, troll with nothing better to do than speak to EVERY article written about Baltimore crime. How about pushing your fat ass away from the computer and going out and doing real work.

Tue Mar 08, 12:35:00 PM EST
Cham said...

On another note, the reason Tyra Trent, Ronald Gibbs and Hezikah Wilson, Jeffrey Purnell and Sean Gamble are getting so much interest from the Sun's crime reporters is because the demographics of the readership is changing dramatically. Instead of married white people who live in suburbia and have a newspaper delivered to their driveway, the Sun's readers now includes people with access to the Internet, which means everybody. Everybody knows somebody, sometimes somebody gets murdered and regular people who don't have driveways in suburbia want to know more. The Sun finally gets it, if they want to sell Internet adspace they need eyeballs, lots and lots of eyeballs.

Tue Mar 08, 12:36:00 PM EST
Maurice Bradbury said...

I'm happy-- I asked a question, other people researched it so I didn't have to take time away from paying work to get it, and the answer was reassuring. Heartening, even. Plus my frothing anonymous commentors are hyphenating their compound modifiers, so it's like the world is giving me a big hug!

Tue Mar 08, 01:01:00 PM EST
Cham said...

mb, you are doing a great job!

Tue Mar 08, 01:55:00 PM EST
Maurice Bradbury said...

my fat ass thanks you.

Tue Mar 08, 02:51:00 PM EST
Cham said...

Ah, sometimes the meat of what is going on isn't in the headlines or the lead articles. Looks like our friends at the Baltimore Sun have a new Vice President of Advertising Sales.

"Joseph Brenneman's expertise in digital advertising and portfolio sales provides a great benefit to BSMG," Timothy E. Ryan, BSMG's publisher, president and chief executive officer, said in a statement. "We have had tremendous growth in both areas over the past several years and know we can rely on him to take us to the next level."

"The explosive growth in audience for BSMG websites in particular offers a great benefit to advertisers who take advantage of the visibility, targeting capabilities and advertising solutions available," Brenneman said in a statement.


As I said abuove, they're chasing the Internet eyeballs, and that changes the reporting game at the Sun significantly. I think the new Ad VP gives off a JF vibe, I am sure they will become fast friends.

Tue Mar 08, 05:57:00 PM EST

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