Is this why Manny downplays newspapers, because of people like himself who provide The Post with fake news? Makes you wonder.
Now let's have another look at this article, NYPD finally validates ‘Son of Sam’ killer’s first known victim decades later:
Cops on Wednesday visited Shawangunk Correctional Facility in upstate Ulster County, where Berkowitz, 70, is serving 25 years to life for six murders, sources said.
The cop replied, "But Dave, I didn’t tell you what caliber she was shot with. So how do you know she wasn’t shot with a .44?"
Berkowitz said he merely assumed she wasn’t shot with a .44-caliber Bulldog because the gun model is rare.
What you just read is fake fucking news, in particular that part about tripping up Berkowitz.
On June 1st, I wrote the following in the comment section of this post:
"Dave has eyes and ears on the outside that keep him informed of everything. So the reader can keep thinking Dave got "tripped up" lol, but we all know better."
And then I started thinking- I know people who know David, maybe one of them can confirm my suspicion?
Enter Frank DeGennaro. He communicates with David Berkowitz often and even visits Dave in prison.
On June 1st and 2nd we discussed the Post's article and he had this to say:
"I just got an email from David. I had sent him a detailed email about the videos Manny did and the articles that came out. In my writing about the videos I mentioned the caliber of the bullet was NOT a .44 but was a smaller caliber. David said that was why he spoke as he did to the police and not because they 'tripped' him up."
Stay tuned, friends...
Even if I knew nothing or hardly anything about the Son of Sam case, I could still have major reservations about believing the case is now closed, based solely on the evidence presented in the newspaper article. Newspapers do get things wrong some times, but so do police reports. I hope that this article does not completely taint the public's confidence in newspapers, especially more reputable ones. Let us consider the source as well. The New York post is a fish wrapper and has been since its Rupert Murdoch took it over in the 1970s. It's sensational journalism at it worst, on par with "The National Inquirer."
ReplyDeleteConsider this quote from the Post's Wikipedia page:
The Post has been criticized since the beginning of Murdoch's ownership for sensationalism, blatant advocacy, and conservative bias. In 1980, the Columbia Journalism Review stated that the "New York Post is no longer merely a journalistic problem. It is a social problem—a force for evil."