This one was almost over before it started. Quite the buildup, and then it fizzled. Sounds like a pretty big mistake by the prosecution. The defense claimed that they inappropriately bolstered the credibility of one of their key witnesses by showing inadmissible evidence in a video. The judge agreed.
(this one had so many alerts, I'm changing how I list them. The minutes noted for the newspapers which release alerts after the first are cumulative; i.e., the minutes for #3 are added to the minutes for #2, to determine how long after the original report an alert was received, and so on)
1. Houston Chronicle: Clemens' hometown newspaper, so no real
surprise that it would be the first to break this one; and
it did so before a mistrial was even declared
surprise that it would be the first to break this one; and
it did so before a mistrial was even declared
2. Fox News: +33 minutes (first to alert once the mistrial was
declared)
declared)
3. Chicago Tribune: +1 minute
4. CNN, Los Angeles Times: +1 minute (tied with the same
timestamp in my inbox)
timestamp in my inbox)
6. Denver Post: +1 minute
7. Providence Journal: +1 minute (first-time player; not much
of a surprise with the history Clemens has with the area)
of a surprise with the history Clemens has with the area)
8. CBS News: +2 minutes (first-time player)
9. MSNBC: +1 minute (first-time player)
10. ABC News: +3 minutes (first-time player)
11. Washington Post: +2 minutes
12. Richmond Times-Dispatch: +1 minute
13. Minneapolis Star-Tribune: +5 minutes (go MN, showing up)
14. Raleigh News & Observer: +4 minutes
15. Boston Herald: +7 minutes (again, no surprise to see this
newspaper on the list)
newspaper on the list)
Far and away the most alerts for any topic to this point. It seems that sports is king in the United States.
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