tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392667231013508141.post547107413524714454..comments2023-07-02T04:15:37.975-04:00Comments on Eye on The Record: Should the judge have been so chummy?Victor E. Sassonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07920237909721053423noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392667231013508141.post-17936152067861819682011-04-16T16:56:42.209-04:002011-04-16T16:56:42.209-04:00As for my suit, The Record is very selective in re...As for my suit, The Record is very selective in reporting age-discrimination cases, and I didn't expect to see a story in the paper about it.<br /><br />Kibret Markos, the reporter who covers the courthouse, did hear my opening statement, but I never saw him after that during the five-day trial.<br /><br />I called The Associated Press in Newark after I filed my suit, but the reporter declined to write a story, explaining that if the agency reported every age-bias case, it would be filing stories on nothing else.Victor E. Sassonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07920237909721053423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392667231013508141.post-22173511266366810662011-04-16T16:45:43.096-04:002011-04-16T16:45:43.096-04:00In this case, the judge seemed to have planned thr...In this case, the judge seemed to have planned throwing a baseball to the defendant, and even penned a note to go with it and his comments in open court.<br /><br />OK. He's a sports fan. I get it. But the prosecutor pointed out Dwight Gooden has repeatedly broken promises to stop abusing drugs, so why probation?Victor E. Sassonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07920237909721053423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392667231013508141.post-5375186782638968872011-04-16T16:23:31.936-04:002011-04-16T16:23:31.936-04:00Judges rarely if anytime grant interviews, which m...Judges rarely if anytime grant interviews, which may be why The Record never reported on your alleged lawsuit. (I say alleged because you wrote about it bit we never read about it in the paper)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com