InterCourts Announces: SALON.COM Indicted In PressCourt
by Anonymous

August 7, 2004 -- For violation of Internet Court code: R-0-4(b), Biased Story: Story details conclusions instead of the facts presented.:

The plaintiff has fulfilled the requirements for filing a charge allegation in the Court and the Clerk has determined the complaint to be properly filed and valid in this matter.

It is therefore ordered that the defendant shall face the Jury on the charge or charges as alleged.

The following argument is before the Court:

Date of Infraction:
August 5, 2004

Infraction Type:
biasedstory

Description:
Salon's Joe Conason hides behind a porn trick... http://www.swiftboatvets.com (not the actual http://www.swiftvets.com site) but a knock off , just like porno sites use to capture unsuspecting visitors with misspelled domain names, points to SALON.COM

Specifics:
The story posted through the pornographic link trick is: Smear Boat Veterans for Bush The "swift boat" veterans attacking John Kerry's war record are led by veteran right-wing operatives using the same vicious techniques they used against John McCain four years ago. By Joe Conason May 4, 2004 The latest conservative outfit to fire an angry broadside against John Kerry's heroic war record is "Swift Boat Veterans for Truth" , which today launches a campaign to brand the Democrat "unfit to serve as commander in chief." Billing itself as representing the "other 97 percent of veterans" from Kerry's Navy unit who don't support his presidential candidacy, the group insists that all presidential candidates must be "totally honest and forthcoming" about their military service. These "swift boat vets" claim still to be furious about Kerry's 1971 Senate testimony against the war in which he spoke about atrocities in Indochina's "free fire zones." More than three decades later, facing the complicated truth about Vietnam remains difficult. But this group's political connections make clear that its agenda is to target the election of 2004. Behind the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth are veteran corporate media consultant and Texas Republican activist Merrie Spaeth, who is listed as the group's media contact; eternal Kerry antagonist and Dallas attorney John E. O'Neill, law partner of Spaeth's late husband, Tex Lezar; and retired Rear Adm. Roy Hoffman, a cigar-chomping former Vietnam commander once described as "the classic body-count guy" who "wanted hooches destroyed and people killed."

Argument:
Salon's use of an internet porno trick to capture unsuspecting visitors under the guise of 'news' is outrageous and disgusting. Free speech is NOT ABOUT DECEPTION. Find these disgusting people guilty and make them face their deception.

It is the order of this Court that the Defendant shall be publicly announced as having been INDICTED of the charge as alleged and shall be listed in the Court Defense Docket where the Defendant(s) may offer a defense before the Jury and that upon such defense, rendered within forty-eight (48) hours of this Indictment the Clerk shall place the Complaint before the Jury for Verdict; and in the absence of such Defendant Response, the Clerk shall permit defense from interested parties and upon receipt of such defense shall place the Complaint before the Jury for Verdict.

IT IS SO ORDERED

Filed By The Clerk
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About The Internet Court System
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PressCourt is the people's voice in news coverage and offers those who view, listen or read the news to report those who publish for having slanted, twisted or otherwise corrupted the news.

Freedom of The Press Requires Responsibility. Either Report The News And Not Your Own Agenda, Or You Will Wind Up In Press Court: Where The People Judge.

The purpose of a free press is to keep the public informed of the truthful events of its government and its society. It is not a blanket protection from responsibility: for distorting the news, slanting the news or otherwise changing the topic of a news report to fit an ideological intent.

It does not matter if the news is slanted left or right. It matters that news cannot be slanted or it is opinion.

PressCourt is the people's opinion. Those news anchors, outlets, stations, networks, newscasts, newspapers, magazines and Internet sources who slant the news are held accountable in PressCourt. We consider Advertisers who support the press that slants the news to be Accomplices. And we will not support Accomplices.

News stories that are not intended to be opinion will be processed. Convicted news media will be announced in press releases and on this site. http://www.intercourts.com through the PressCourt entrance.

Since the Press is protected in the Constitution, this Complaint (alleging bias by a media source ) does not pretend to restrict the rights of the Press to publish as it sees fit. It does pretend to argue the method, manner, conclusion and/or misuse of that right.




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