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>When it's all over, Dennis, the reporter, will not be >the one in jail. That's the bottom line. The one >with the power will be. Any sniping at him is >bullshit and no better than the trumped-up charges >that were dismissed. > > >>I will be the first to agree Dennis can be a little >>much, especially when he comes storming over to this >>site he claims to loathe, to spew a lot of venom >>around at those who disrespect his paper, his >>colleagues and especially, perhaps most significantly, >>his PG superiors. >> >>Keeping that in mind, what I've read about this story >>doesn't quite justify the shots being taken at him >>regarding this particular case. You want to slam >>Dennis when he is out of line, by all means have at >>it. To me, though, in this specific case he doesn't >>appear to be the heavy. >> >> >>>When in doubt, overreach for an inappropriate word: >>> >>>"Mr. Roddy testified that Ms. Jordan was >"gob-smacked" >>>when he told her she gave $10,000 to judicial >>>candidate Cheryl Allen." >>> >>>Paging Dr. Roddy, Dr. Roddy ... >>> >>>"Mr. Roddy said that his experience ran contrary to a >>>doctor's report that Ms. Jordan was psychotic and her >>>memory was very impaired." >>> >>>2 + 2 = 5. Just take Dennis' word for it: >>> >>>"Under cross-examination from defense attorney Thomas >>>J. Farrell, Mr. Roddy said he threw away the notes >and >>>deleted the tape recording of the interview." >>> >>>Of course, the note destruction issue is crucial to >>>both the case and journalism in general. Here's a >>>fairly brief story on different sides of the debate >>> >>><a rel=nofollow target=_blank >>>href="http://www.ajr.org/Article.asp?id=1785">http:// >w >>w >>>w.ajr.org/Article.asp?id=1785</a> >>> >>>My practice and experience with other reporters is >>>that we all keep stacks of full note books for a long >>>time. What do you do? And what have you seen of >>>Dennis' desk and drawers? Full of papers and >>>notebooks, or neat as a pin?

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