OK, I’ve been to dinner and will use this post to empty my notebook from today’s panel on the Duke lacrosse rape allegations.
The early part of the session was spent discussing how a local crime story morphed into a national sensation. Everyone agreed that the “perfect storm” of race, gender and class came together to [...]

Panel moderator Frank Stasio asked the journalists on the panel if there was anything they regretted about the way their organizations handled the Duke lacrosse story.
The N&O’s John Drescher said, “Sure there are some things I’d do differently,” and then added, “I think overall our coverage is good. I’m proud of it.” He did [...]

It was inevitable, I guess, that the panel today at Duke Law School about the Duke lacrosse rape allegations would get around to discussing bloggers. Kudos to former Duke basketball star Jay Bilas of ESPN for bringing up the dreaded word about 20 minutes into the festivities. After several journalists had described their approach to [...]

Strange commentary today from Elizabeth Edwards:
Elizabeth Edwards, wife of White House hopeful John Edwards, says her choices in life have made her happier than Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton – a possible Edwards’ rival for the Democratic nomination.
“She and I are from the same generation. We both went to law school and married other lawyers, but [...]

I’ve always felt that voting should come with a cost. That cost is a little effort on the part of citizens to a) learn about candidates and issues and b) get their rear ends to the Board of Elections to register, and c) get said rear end to their polling place on election day during [...]

That’s the question William L. Anderson is asking Further, he speculates that the Duke president may have violated federal law if he knew of and approved of the effort by Duke administrators to trick the lacrosse players into cooperating with the police without legal representation:
If the accusation against the administrators is true – and those [...]

Everyone’s in a tizzy over Duke’s proposal to help the city fund its performing arts center in exchange for favorable action on its plans for Anderson Street and Central Campus. This is akin to a bribe, some say. City Attorney Henry Blinder said the city could take the money as long as it’s clear it [...]

There’s a panel discussion today at the Duke Law School (Room 3037) on how the media covered the Duke lacrosse case. As Prof. K.C. Johnson points out, no bloggers are on the panel. Nifong P.R. man Bob Ashley (actually, he’s the editor of The Herald-Sun) will be there, as will Duke alum Jay Bilas of [...]

Blogger John In Carolina says the Duke Chronicle outperformed The News & Observer in its coverage of last week’s *60 Minutes” segment on the Duke lacrosse rape accusations. Faint praise, though, since neither gave adequate coverage of the comments of Prof. James Coleman. I thought Coleman made some very damaging comments about Nifong, the police [...]