http://www.indy.com/posts/3873 en-us Nicki I want to go back to school, to my journalism classes specifically, to discuss whether quoting these people directly in a prominent headline is editorializing on the intelligence quotient of these people or just simply stating the status of the world today. hmmmm Fri, 18 Jan 2008 14:43:50 -0500 http://www.indy.com/posts/3873#comment_11568 http://www.indy.com/posts/3873#comment_11568 RJ_Wall If one embraces their inner redneck and says "aint" (are not), "idint" (did'nt) in a furry of emotions and fear. One could get very similar sounding sentences. Fri, 18 Jan 2008 14:20:44 -0500 http://www.indy.com/posts/3873#comment_11562 http://www.indy.com/posts/3873#comment_11562 kimikokopuffs Well, they changed the headline on the home page. It's still that on the link to the story, but the main Star page doesn't say it anymore. Fri, 18 Jan 2008 14:06:37 -0500 http://www.indy.com/posts/3873#comment_11560 http://www.indy.com/posts/3873#comment_11560 joe.shearer Good point. Fri, 18 Jan 2008 12:12:26 -0500 http://www.indy.com/posts/3873#comment_11548 http://www.indy.com/posts/3873#comment_11548 Christopher Lloyd The headline isn't what I would have chosen. If the guy had been arrested and charged with the murders, OK, but so far he's just being questioned as a witness. By printing his disavowal of the crime in big bold letters, it implies that he was being eyed as the trigger man. But I think the paper was trying to trumpet an exclusive interview, and in that sense they succeeded. Fri, 18 Jan 2008 10:57:02 -0500 http://www.indy.com/posts/3873#comment_11534 http://www.indy.com/posts/3873#comment_11534 joe.shearer I love that they printed that as the headline. I think too many people think that the majority of inner-city criminal types are just like them, only they chose to rob, beat, steal from, shoot, or kill people. I think that headline really shows a lot about the mentality of these guys. And I want to make it known that I don't feel like "I have a 3rd grade education" or "my parents abused me as a child" (or whatever) is an excuse for these people, or that we should be lenient on them. People constantly are confused by that. It's not an excuse, but it is a real reason why that we as a society need to address (which isn't to say let these guys off). So many people who live in that area are totally devoid of hope or of positive influences and until those neighborhoods are able to have those positive influences and hope in their daily lives (and see something other than violence), things like this will continue to happen. Fri, 18 Jan 2008 09:03:54 -0500 http://www.indy.com/posts/3873#comment_11522 http://www.indy.com/posts/3873#comment_11522