{"id":4746,"date":"2004-02-28T21:00:02","date_gmt":"2004-02-29T01:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/formerlyknownas\/2004\/02\/28\/he-who-pays-the-piper\/"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:58:58","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:58:58","slug":"he-who-pays-the-piper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2004\/02\/28\/he-who-pays-the-piper\/","title":{"rendered":"He Who Pays the Piper"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Talk about wasting my breath:  Two days ago I got on my <\/FONT>soapbox<\/FONT><\/A> and complained about a series of inappropriate remarks by criminal defense lawyer E. Stewart Jones<\/A> in a rape case.  I ended the post with the plea:<\/FONT><\/FONT><\/P>
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I also hope that local media, especially tv, will stop giving defense counsel such as Jones so much coverage.   Neither defensive boilerplate nor offensive balderdash is news.  <\/FONT><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE>
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\"fife  I then sent the anchor<\/A> of my favorite local news channel a copy of the posting, emphasizing that last statement.  That evening, I tuned into Channel 10, WTEN<\/A>, to see if they had anything to say about the Boxley-Jones-NOW flap.  The very first announcement at the top of the hour was:<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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News 10 at 5 is brought to you by the Law Firm of E. Stewart Jones.<\/EM><\/FONT><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE>
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Jones is also a leading personal injury lawyer in this region, thus his significant advertising presence.  So far, the anchor has not responded to my email message.  Am I too naive or too cynical?<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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