Icon 60 Minutes segment on Epstein suicide - terribly reported...
E
EEE (view)

I watched this piece and was terribly disappointed in the segment.  Why is that so many investigative reporters are so terrible at asking proper questions and follow up questions?

For example, when Michael Baden (the publicity hound medical examiner/forensic pathologist) said he has not seen all the evidence yet, the reporter failed to ask what evidence he had not seen yet.  She also failed to address any of the controversies of Baden's background and past.

Then, he stressed the hyoid bone fractures in the throat of Epstein - well, the thing is, the older we get, the more fragile and brittle this bone becomes.  60 Minutes should have consulted with other medical examiners/forensic pathologists.

Next, the reporter tried to raise a specter over one of the guards not being interviewed yet.  Well, that is a person's constitutional right when under criminal charges.  On top of that, those in the law enforcement realm have a protection that any comments made in an administrative inquiry can't be used against them in a criminal trial (it is because statements in an administrative matter are considered compelled under the fear of the loss of employment by termination if the employee does not cooperate in an internal inquiry).

Also, the reporter stressed how odd it was that Epstein was transported at all (in the photos he did look obviously dead and should not have been moved), but rather than some grand conspiracy, I am venturing the guess that he was transported out of an "oh, shit, this is Jeffery Epstein" and it was possibly done more out of the fear of one losing a job, rather than it having to be a murder.

Now, what I found to be the most troubling aspect of the suicide is not knowing what type of ligature was used (and again, the reporter should have investigated that more).  If the original reports and the like state the ligature was from the nooses made of fabric, from the photographs of the neck, that would be troubling indeed.  The ligature marks appear to be caused by a much thinner object like a cord or wire.

I'm not suggesting I know one way or another what happened and agree that so many mistakes were made over this, still, the basing of an answer on poor or incomplete information is troubling. 

 

 

[login] | [register]

you need to be logged in to post and reply to message board posts