In reply to ablackett:
> (In reply to Jimbo W)
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> It was a report about the sentencing, not the crime.
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> There isn't many opinions in the report, just facts.
That seems quite an odd take on it to me. It's not about opinions vs. facts, it's about angle. The angle of the report is all about the tragedy affecting these two lads, the rapists, whereas it could equally have chosen to focus on the evil of their crime and the affect on the victim. I'm quite surprised that this is ignorable to anyone.
I think it's a bizarre way to report a rape case - I don't want to extrapolate the implications as in "all americans must think that..." but it does not say good things about the social values of the broadcasters and the audience who swallow it.