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Thinkpad (AXcess News) Washington - No one likes bad news. But every one reads it, regardless of whether they agree it should be reported.

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Microsoft The level to which a bad news story is reported varies. By breaking down the Duke Lacrosse team rape case, you can see why it's getting so much attention from the mainstream media and what role the media plays in shaping public opinion.

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Laptop Computers Initial reports claimed multiple attackers sexually assaulted a stripper during a party.

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Laptop Computer Everyone involved, including the stripper, was a college student, so media attention grew from local to statewide. Media attention spread even farther when it was reported that the attackers were of a higher social class than the victim.

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Desktop Computer Finally, add the issue of race, and the potentially dangerous creature that is the mainstream media pounced. These are all reasons the Duke lacrosse team and the alleged rape that took place at a party on March 13 have garnered the national spotlight.

Notebooks The impact of this story is being felt across the nation by parents, children and average people of different races and classes. The coverage the MSM is providing is going to affect their opinions.

Lenovo Media coverage was favorable toward the victim before the DNA results failed to implicate any of the players. Several stories provided shocking details of the attack, presenting only the victim's side. Based on the media reports to that point, most of the public had probably convicted the players.

Hard Drive Early on, none of the Duke players or their lawyers said anything, despite reporters' countless requests.

Travelstar After the defense lawyers saw the "no comment" line wasn't playing in the media, they changed tactics and flat out accused the prosecution of using the media to convict their clients without a trial.

Gateway "Team's silence is sickening," was the headline over a column in the Raleigh News & Observer, portraying the author's disgust with the team protecting each other.

Laptop Parts "I can see the team going down this path, justifying its silence," wrote Ruth Sheehan, a staff writer. "And it makes me sick.

Software "Because, of all the occupational hazards that must come with stripping, one of them should not be rape. And no, forced sex by a hunky prep student doesn't make it better."

Hard Drives These stories and others spawned student protests against rape and against how the case was being handled and drew attention from national women's right groups as well as the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Several stories reported about tension over race and social status in a traditionally black town that houses a private, exclusive, predominantly white university.

Electronics The public assumes the players are guilty because of the poor media coverage. However, the media can change their coverage at the drop of a hat, and they did.

Canon The media suddenly turned when the DNA results came back negative. Stories began to quote lawyers saying it was going to be difficult for the prosecutor to convict the players without DNA evidence. The legal experts were saying, as if it was a foregone conclusion, that it would now be easy for any defense lawyer to create reasonable doubt.

Desktop Pc Most recently, stories circulated using transcripts from police radios that describe the woman as "passed-out drunk."

Desktop Computers Keep in mind all of these stories were being written without any charges being filed or any arrests being made. I'm sure all the stories mentioned that and used the word "alleged" when describing the rape, an old journalism tactic to protect the media outlet from being sued. But do you think the average reader takes that in to account?

Think Pad As a result of the media focusing on details from the defense attorneys "proving" their clients' innocence, the public began to doubt the woman's story.

Repair Even the News & Observer's public editor said the paper's coverage is struggling to straddle the thin fairness line on such a touchy subject.

Data Recovery This phenomenon is not limited to rape stories. Consider what happened to Richard Jewell after the bombing at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta. First, he was painted as hero for attempting to save lives, but after it was reported that he was a suspect, the media's attitude changed. Jewell claimed that, after "88 days of hell" from media and investigators' scrutiny, his name was ruined. Jewell was never charged.

Cisco Journalists should meet higher standards in cases like these. Of course, issues such as rape should receive media attention, but it should be as accurate and fair as possible. Journalists' ears perk up when words like rape, race and money are used, but that doesn't mean their ethics should go out the window.

Keyboard Because so many people are affected by what is written about cases like this one, journalists need to make sure they do one simple thing: Don't be sensational. Stories that are accurate and not sensational better educate the public.

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