Every single reporter covering the Bulger trial is, of course, livetweeting the testimony. For the most part, the tweets, by their very nature, are just brief little nuggets of testimony (last week, during testimony on some of the murders, it was like a horror remake of "Groundhog Day" as each reporter followed the other with basically the same exact description of a bullet in the head or a rope that was too thick, over and over again).
But sometimes ...
Today's most dramatic moment was when the Rifleman took the stand and he and Bulger briefly locked eyes. Laurel Sweet at the Herald tweeted:
Flemmi appeared to drink #Bulger in like beer thrown at a man dying of thirst.
That inspired Meg Tripp to try her own trial simile:
Flemmi appeared to want to wear #Bulger like a giant curly red wig, like a clown with folliculitis.
Think you can top that?
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Whitey is still putting out hits
By anon
Thu, 07/18/2013 - 11:24am
http://abcnews.go.com/US/bulger-witness-found-dead...
Hmm...
By Christopher
Thu, 07/18/2013 - 12:01pm
Bulger and Flemmi briefly locked eyes, mutually glaring poisoned daggers, each disgusted with, but still fascinated with, each other. Like a Bromance turned bitter, with thrown plates and nasty pillow-talk...
How's that?
Thing of beauty!
By joehp
Thu, 07/18/2013 - 12:03pm
Thing of beauty!
WAY too long, friend
By anon
Thu, 07/18/2013 - 3:16pm
Nice try but you do remember that there is a 140 character limit on Tweets, right?
Honestly...
By Christopher
Fri, 07/19/2013 - 10:21am
...that never occurred to me. More terse the next time then...
Come on,
By joehp
Thu, 07/18/2013 - 12:02pm
These are not real? Can I play? "Bulger's eyes, like burning coals, tore into Flemmi, like a starving man tearing into a large Italian from Landos."
Why...
By Christopher
Thu, 07/18/2013 - 12:07pm
...given the players, you can succinctly describe one ripping the other a new one. :)
Livetweeting a federal trial
By Ron Newman
Thu, 07/18/2013 - 12:14pm
How are they doing this? I thought that cellphones were not allowed in federal courtrooms.
They're not allowed in many state courts, either
By adamg
Thu, 07/18/2013 - 12:18pm
But reporters are given an exception, First Amendment and all that (which reminds me, I need to finally apply for my state-court "press" pass so I can bring my phone and laptop into district courts).
Flemmi's eyes scanned Bulger
By Meg
Thu, 07/18/2013 - 12:17pm
Flemmi's eyes scanned Bulger like a Toshiba with slight color issues from years of misuse in a small office.
His fate is sealed?
By adamg
Thu, 07/18/2013 - 12:20pm
Ami Chitwood ripostes:
Challenge Accepted.
By Christopher
Thu, 07/18/2013 - 12:29pm
Bulger and Flemmi, locked into a death-spiral, a tight orbit of two bodies of degenerate matter, prepared to mutually annihilate each other.
You wanna bring sharks into this?
By Kaz
Thu, 07/18/2013 - 3:59pm
"Bulger desired to see Flemmi have to fight the Sharknado with his bare hands...or it would have if Whitey could get SyFy on the jail TVs."
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