Why is there no coverage of Janklow's accident that killed a man.

[hrhjustin]

If he was a democrat it would be wall to wall coverage.

[FatbackSlim]

1. Huh?

It's been front page CNN for two days now.

[Brotherjohn]

3. I think he means it would be THE big story being shouted to high heaven...

... by our "fair and balanced" media.

Besides, I had to go tou the "Politics" sub-section of CNN's web page to see a story on it. Nothing on the front page, even though there are about 50 stories referenced.

Seriously, a Repub Congressman and ex-Governor runs a stop sign and kills a guy, and we barely hear a peep from the press. A dead intern is found in the offices of a Repub Congressman (Scarborough) and we barely hear a peep. The intern of a Democratic Congressman (Condit) turns up missing, and it's the biggest news story of the summer!

In those first two stories, there was an actual body. In the Condit one, there wasn't until well after the story came (for an extended period) and (finally) went. And still there is nothing to link Condit to the crime.

[Skittles]

2. You answered your own question

if Janklow was a Democrat, it would be given the Condit treatment. Remember, A DEAD GIRL WAS FOUND IN SCARBOROUGH'S OFFICE and there was nary a PEEP from the corporate media.

[Brotherjohn]

4. And there were BIG questions about her death (Scarborough intern).

The death was ruled accidental by a coroner who had serious credibility issues already and been dismissed elsewhere for shady practices, and has since been dismissed from his Florida job under similar circumstances.

His reasoning in ruling the death accidental, and the lack of a desire by him or the local authorities to even consider foul play, was highly suspicious and reeked of cover-up. I don't remember many specifics, but I believe Online Journal investigated it thoroughly (Part I: http://onlinejournal.com/archive/11-10-01_Wright-George-printable.pdf) (Part II: http://onlinejournal.com/archive/11-21-01_Wright-George-printable.pdf) . There was initial talk of "no outward marks" on the body, a story which changed later. The supposed theory of some sort of aneurysm or other event which "could have" caused her to fall and then hit her head, killing her, was ridiculous. Not only was it more than "theory", but pure conjecture based on zero evidence, but the idea of falling so hard as to hit one's head and die was dubious at best.

In short, the case was closed based on little to no evidence ruling out foul play, when there was every indication of it (or at least that it should have been looked into as a possibility).

What we had was a dead body found in a Congressman's office with a blow to the head, and no investigation whatsoever into it.

[Skittles]

5. sure there were big questions

but because Scarborough was a goose-stepping repug, he got a complete pass. Yet the media whores will still claim a "liberal bias".

[Brotherjohn]

6. For the record, it sounds like Janklow is guilty of manslaughter.

According to the local paper, "Janklow was driving the car Saturday afternoon when it collided with a motorcycle and killed the driver, 55-year-old Randolph Scott of Hardwick, Minn. The 4:41 p.m. accident happened at the intersection of two paved county roads...

The motorcycle hit the rear driver's side door of Janklow's car...

Janklow's north-south road had stop signs at the intersection, and the motorcyclist's east-west road did not."
http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/08/19/news/state/top/news01.txt

Then there's this from CNN:
"Rep. Bill Janklow ran a stop sign before his Cadillac collided with a motorcycle..."
http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/Central/08/19/janklow.accident.ap/index.html

The article also says "The most severe potential charge would be vehicular homicide, although alcohol must be a factor in the crash.

Second-degree manslaughter is a possible charge if the evidence suggests death was caused by recklessness. Second-degree manslaughter is punishable by up to 10 years in prison and a $10,000 fine.

Other possible charges include failure to yield, running a traffic signal or other infractions."

Now, maybe South Dakota disallows "vehicular homicide" as a charge if alcohol wasn't involved, but if he gets off with less than 2nd degree manslaughter, someone's not doing their job (that is, if the facts as reported so far are accurate).