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More details leaked about Markoff evidence
By Kaz on Wed, 04/22/2009 - 3:03pm
Sources close to the investigation of Philip Markoff have leaked new details of evidence found during a search of his Quincy apartment. It turns out underwear from two of the victims and a gun in a hollowed out copy of a "Gray's Anatomy" textbook were found.
Maybe I wasn't that far off with my dramatization after all.
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The Globe can't resist another dig
The Globe can't resist another dig, knocking over Journo 101 on its way to mention that oh maybe CRAIGSLIST was involved:
And if the Globe's going to use weasel phrases that not even Wikipedia can stomach ("...the man some have nicknamed..." Oh, really? Some? Who?) then maybe we're better off without them.
In partial defense of the Globe
"Craigslist Killer" is arguably the name the professional news media has given him.
I don't think this name was coming from the person-on-the-street -- I think it was coined and adopted by certain news organizations.
If they really must use the sensational name, the media should be more specific as to the originator, which is "the news media" or particular news organizations. Or sound like a trash tabloid by not qualifying it at all.
If only the Globe still had an ombudsman
this would be an excellent topic to bring up with him.
Or her
Anyway, this is a relatively minor nit. Any Globe ombud would have bigger fish to fry.
What I *would* love to see from the Globe is a clear and genuine statement of values and mission. There's no sense complaining about sensationalism and filler if the Globe has officially announced that crud is part of their mission (such as for the lofty goal of attracting readers to reach with real news, or for selling ads to keep doing real news at all, or because they think news outlets should do crud because crud has civic value).
Hands time
On the one hand, it was better than the Herald's headline yesterday, which screamed KILLER GEEK.
But on the other hand, "some" is the weakest, most weaselly non-attribution there is. It's shorthand for "I don't have an actual source on this but I want to write it anyway so I'll just insinuate that more than one person does it and then I won't have to prove anything."
Even just using "the media" as the attribution would have been better. Still not perfect, but not as bad as "some".
There are certain standards which exist to ensure the news presented is timely, informative, and accurate. The inevitable heat death of newspapers is bad enough but I really grieve most for the passing of these standards, which appears to be an unfortunate byproduct.
Atlas Collapsed?
The Globe has sunk to a new low with their coverage on this ... in their zeal to create a political pile-on for Craigslist, they have hit every note in their death song with sensational and sleazy innuendo reporting.
Don't let the screen door hit your roll on the way out, Boston Globe.
Well
From what I've seen of the Globe coverage of this story, there are a few things that bother me, but I wouldn't say they've totally lost it.
KILLER GEEK and MEAN NERD, too!
This is what stared out from Herald newsboxes yesterday:
Alleged
There could be perfectly legitimate reasons for him to have the underwear and a signed photograph of Ellen Pompeo, so he's innocent, etc.
Even more details released on Markoff
Latest news today from the case:
The gun they found: a preliminary match to the murder weapon.
The plastic ties and duct tape found at the murder scene: fingerprints match Markoff.
The evidence in RI: a match on fingerprints and e-mails to Markoff.
Also, it seems he might have considering killing himself with his shoelaces, so they put him on suicide watch.