El Diario and some local radio stations have reported that a dead human was found hanged near the library at UTEP last week. At this point we don’t know the circumstances or details about the dead soul.
According to a local radio station it is the policy of the Times to not report suicides. The explanation given is that the Times does not want to publicize these events for fear that the news may spur additional cases.
Now clear
Maybe this can help us understand why the Times does not publicize the corruption that goes on at the city. They must think that if they do so they might encourage more corruption. Could it be that we owe them our gratitude?
This could also help explain why our local district attorney will not reveal the results of his investigation into the case where the city representative allegedly assaulted a city employee. Could it be that he is trying to help the public by not revealing the truth? If she did assault the city employee and he did let that be known might we have city representatives attacking citizens regularly?
We deserve better
Brutus
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Has the DA been asked by a reporter about what happened with the threat incident?? I missed that.
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Not that I am aware of.
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“…policy of the Times to not report suicides”
So I guess Robin Williams was not really a suicide since EPT printed several articles over several days.
And, just do a simple Google search – El Paso Times suicide – and see how many hits you get…..
If a was a conspiracy nut, I would say that EPT made an editorial decision to not embarrass Natalicio and I would also wonder how many unsavory happenings at UTEP are hushed up. If I was a conspiracy nut, of course. .
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Like Melater, I don’t think the Times has such a policy. In addition to the many recent Robin Williams stories and an editorial about suicide prevention, they published a story in July in which they and law enforcement speculated –yes, speculated — that a man hit by a train might have committed suicide. The story was probably withheld as a favor to UTEP, which is more concerned about its image than the truth.
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What corruption? It’s all good and just business as usual in our fair city.
The Times practices selective, judgmental reporting based on who it chooses to skewer or protect. Wealth and influence buy immunity from Times criticism unless another news outlet breaks a big story that cannot be ignored. That was the case in the Bob Jones saga which was uncovered by an Oregon newspaper. Prior to that, the Times glorified Jones and paid homage to his every charitable donation or sponsorship. They portrayed him a a corporate master of the universe and a philanthropist who could do no wrong, even though it was a matter of public record that he had a questionable past before moving to El Paso.
The Times later acted as though it broke the Jones corruption story and soaked it as long as it could to sell more papers. It’s still trying to make hay by printing Jones’ vapid, jail cell ramblings which portray Jones as a rehabilitated soul who is sharing his words of wisdom for the rest of us, while enduring the unreasonable hardships of taxpayer funded room and board and healthcare.
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Yes, and the Times helped Jones destroy Steve Young and his business. Young Insurance saved local governments millions of dollars in health care costs.
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