Murder in Boston
“The Globe, on the top of page one, across all six of its extra-wide columns, printed the headline STUART DIES IN JUMP OFF TOBIN BRIDGE AFTER POLICE ARE TOLD HE KILLED HIS WIFE. It was a great headline, but it was wrong or, at best, premature. It left no room for doubt that Chuck killed himself, and it certified that he had killed Carol. What the Globe did was what no newspaper should ever do: it turned an assumption, actually two assumptions, into fact. This marked the beginning of a sad saga o...f trial by newspaper.The accompanying text, by writers Kevin Cullen, Sean Murphy, and Mike Barnicle, gave the headline added strength. “Charles M. Stuart killed himself yesterday,” it said, “hours after his brother told police Stuart had planned and executed the robbery and shooting of his pregnant wife and then shot himself to cover up one of the most heinous crimes in recent history, police said.” This compounded the headline writer’s error. Barring the existence of at least one witness who actually saw Chuck alone on the bridge, someone who watched him climb over the rail and leap, the assertion that he did so is only speculation.MoreLess
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