Thursday, September 13, 2007
I Call Upon You: Avi Frier of The Florida Jewish News
On September 7, 2007, before the trial of subsequently-convicted Keith Wasserstrom was concluded, Avi Frier, publisher of The Florida Jewish News, proclaimed Wasserstrom's innocence of all charges and blasted the local South Florida media for shoddy journalistic ethics here. Frier wrote:
Now that Wasserstrom has been convicted on two felony counts, I call upon Avi Frier of the The Florida Jewish News to devote as many pages to Keith's guilt as he did to his innocence. For every time you ran the dashing headshot with the toothy grin, run that awful mug shot. Pursue the truth with the same intensity. Don't lose the intensity. Don't lose the intensity!
When all this is over, I call upon the Herald, the Sun Sentinel, and the New Times to do the same thing that Michael Irvin requested. Devote as many pages to Keith’s innocence as you did to his guilt. For every time you ran that awful mug shot on the front page, run the dashing headshot with the toothy grin the rest of us are accustomed to. Pursue the truth with the same intensity. Don’t lose the intensity. Don’t lose the intensity.
Now that Wasserstrom has been convicted on two felony counts, I call upon Avi Frier of the The Florida Jewish News to devote as many pages to Keith's guilt as he did to his innocence. For every time you ran the dashing headshot with the toothy grin, run that awful mug shot. Pursue the truth with the same intensity. Don't lose the intensity. Don't lose the intensity!
Stumble It!