Hiltzik: Bob Lee’s murder and the truth about crime – Los Angeles Times

Superficially, then, the initial coverage of Lee’s killing appears to be a case of what the great press critic A.J. Liebling once labeled “the futility of flapdoodle.” It’s what happens when uninformed or misinformed sources run wild, equipped with little but received wisdom.

That San Francisco was overrun by violent criminals was taken as gospel; a predawn killing in a deserted part of town was shoehorned into the prevailing narrative.

Never mind that the narrative itself is untrue. As my colleague Summer Lin reported, violent crime in San Francisco — homicide, rape, robbery and aggravated assault — peaked in 2013, and by 2020, the last year for which statistics have been released, cases had fallen by about 32%.

 

Source: Hiltzik: Bob Lee’s murder and the truth about crime – Los Angeles Times

Senate committee says Credit Suisse serviced Nazi-related accounts – UPI.com

“While Credit Suisse initially agreed to investigate evidence of previously unidentified Nazi-linked accounts as a result of the Simon Wiesenthal Center’s relentless pursuit of justice, the information we’ve obtained shows the bank established an unnecessarily rigid and narrow scope, and refused to follow new leads uncovered during the course of the review.”

Source: Senate committee says Credit Suisse serviced Nazi-related accounts – UPI.com

Open Thread | Dominion and Fox Settle! | 3CHICSPOLITICO

Fox News shareholders are now formally seeking information on how the Fox News board of directors handled this scandal, which Reuters says is a likely prelude to a shareholder suit against Fox. This Dominion settlement is the beginning of Fox’s legal problems, not the end.

— Palmer Report (@PalmerReport)

Source: Open Thread | Dominion and Fox Settle! | 3CHICSPOLITICO