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Originally Posted by taxbuster
Curious as to where you see bias. I’ve found both the LFP and CBC (I no longer have The Athletic) reasonably similar in tone, though snippets are written at slightly different moments, so wonder if occasionally one source captures something the other missed?
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The latest article in the Athletic/NYT strikes a very different tone from anything I've read in the London Free Press.
Here's a heavily editorialized summary of the defense argument:
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The players were shocked and embarrassed by the sexual aggressor — a woman hungry for group sex, begging for it even. They were taunted and mocked when they wouldn’t take her up on the offer. They responded with discomfort and apprehension to the orgiastic advances of the naked 20-year-old woman they surrounded.
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The words "orgiastic advances" were not used by the defense or anyone else, but seem intended to make the argument that E.M. was the aggressor seem absurd. And then the framing of "the naked 20-year-old woman they surrounded."
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One of them said he had vaginal intercourse with her in the bathroom because he was too bashful for a public display.
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"Too bashful" seems intended to make Formenton's testimony that he was anxious seem ridiculous.
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Several times through the trial the defense complained about protestors taunting the players as they entered the courthouse.
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Other words could have been used to described the behaviour of the protestors towards the defendants, like shouting, yelling, or screaming. Using any of them would have evoked more sympathy towards the defendants than "taunting." Who feels threatened by a little taunting?
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And when they were done with her they sent her wandering alone, into the near-dawn in tears. They had to golf in a few hours.
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https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/642...rial-judgment/
It's all fair comment. And no doubt the stance of the reporters is shared by most readers. But I prefer the more thorough, detached approach of the London Free Press stories (at least the ones I've read) that let the testimony of witnesses and arguments of the defence and prosecution speak for themselves. Maybe because the LFP is the newspaper of record for the community they feel a greater obligation to meet certain standards.