Comments on: Diana Inquest accused of bias by Fayed http://www.royalanecdotes.com/2007/10/03/diana-inquest-accused-of-bias-by-fayed/ Royals, Royalty and British Monarchy by John Evans Thu, 09 Sep 2010 00:19:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Gigi http://www.royalanecdotes.com/2007/10/03/diana-inquest-accused-of-bias-by-fayed/comment-page-1/#comment-24847 Gigi Mon, 08 Oct 2007 20:02:18 +0000 http://www.royalanecdotes.com/2007/10/03/diana-inquest-accused-of-bias-by-fayed/#comment-24847 Whenever the verdict of the Coroner's Inquest is published, they will make an end, I hope and believe. Except for the two witnesses who have chosen not to testify (and apparently in Great Britain the legal mechanism providing legal compulsion for witnesses to testify, i.e. subpeona power, is not available for a Coroner's Inquest), it appears as if the procedure is examining the evidence thoroughly. The reason that public outcry did not cease when the Warren Commission published their conclusions of the Kennedy Assasination is that some of the members of the Commission were known to have personal agendas and, further, that some of the conclusions published were thought to be utterly ill-founded. Then, to really set the cat among the pidgeons, there were photographs and moving picture film that, in the fullness of time, was able to be more thoroughly examined, frame-by-frame, when new technology became available. I was in first year of junior high school when Kennedy was killed, but I recall that, as dreadful as the occurrence was, as high as public emotions were, public feeling really escalated again after the publication of the Warren Commission Report. Frankly, it was a nightmare. Whenever the verdict of the Coroner’s Inquest is published, they will make an end, I hope and believe. Except for the two witnesses who have chosen not to testify (and apparently in Great Britain the legal mechanism providing legal compulsion for witnesses to testify, i.e. subpeona power, is not available for a Coroner’s Inquest), it appears as if the procedure is examining the evidence thoroughly. The reason that public outcry did not cease when the Warren Commission published their conclusions of the Kennedy Assasination is that some of the members of the Commission were known to have personal agendas and, further, that some of the conclusions published were thought to be utterly ill-founded. Then, to really set the cat among the pidgeons, there were photographs and moving picture film that, in the fullness of time, was able to be more thoroughly examined, frame-by-frame, when new technology became available. I was in first year of junior high school when Kennedy was killed, but I recall that, as dreadful as the occurrence was, as high as public emotions were, public feeling really escalated again after the publication of the Warren Commission Report. Frankly, it was a nightmare.

]]> By: John http://www.royalanecdotes.com/2007/10/03/diana-inquest-accused-of-bias-by-fayed/comment-page-1/#comment-24840 John Mon, 08 Oct 2007 19:30:34 +0000 http://www.royalanecdotes.com/2007/10/03/diana-inquest-accused-of-bias-by-fayed/#comment-24840 Very true, Gigi. Let's hope this will all stop in a few months. Alas, I doubt it. ;-) Very true, Gigi. Let’s hope this will all stop in a few months. Alas, I doubt it. ;-)

]]> By: Gigi http://www.royalanecdotes.com/2007/10/03/diana-inquest-accused-of-bias-by-fayed/comment-page-1/#comment-24831 Gigi Mon, 08 Oct 2007 17:12:59 +0000 http://www.royalanecdotes.com/2007/10/03/diana-inquest-accused-of-bias-by-fayed/#comment-24831 I never read the Daily Express, John, because it is what it is. I am only interested in credible statements by credible people, people I know to be truthful and who are not promoting a private agenda. As a journalism major who worked for a newspaper and whose Great Grandfather founded a newspaper, I am very aware of the proper process of news gathering and reporting and have seen, especially in America, how those processes can be corrupted. Exaggeration and outright mistatement of facts, which occur when those reporting do not care to check their sources, do not take the time to properly research, do great damage. There are those people, sad to say, who believe that telling a lie that benefits them or that promotes their agenda is the same as telling the truth. That type of twisted thinking needs to stop. I never read the Daily Express, John, because it is what it is. I am only interested in credible statements by credible people, people I know to be truthful and who are not promoting a private agenda. As a journalism major who worked for a newspaper and whose Great Grandfather founded a newspaper, I am very aware of the proper process of news gathering and reporting and have seen, especially in America, how those processes can be corrupted. Exaggeration and outright mistatement of facts, which occur when those reporting do not care to check their sources, do not take the time to properly research, do great damage. There are those people, sad to say, who believe that telling a lie that benefits them or that promotes their agenda is the same as telling the truth. That type of twisted thinking needs to stop.

]]> By: John http://www.royalanecdotes.com/2007/10/03/diana-inquest-accused-of-bias-by-fayed/comment-page-1/#comment-24800 John Mon, 08 Oct 2007 09:09:17 +0000 http://www.royalanecdotes.com/2007/10/03/diana-inquest-accused-of-bias-by-fayed/#comment-24800 Gigi, that was an unfortunate phrase since it didn't accurately describe the scenario, as you point out. However, here in Britain there has been a substantial number of "Dianistas" who will never believe other than that she was murdered by the Royal Family in one way or another. They have a major newspaper on their side too, the Daily Express, whose owner -- the pornographer Richard Desmond -- is a close friend of Fayed. Given what's coming out in the inquest now, and what some of us have realized for a long while, this is outrageous and should be stopped by any means possible. There are lives being ruined by this nonsense. Gigi, that was an unfortunate phrase since it didn’t accurately describe the scenario, as you point out. However, here in Britain there has been a substantial number of “Dianistas” who will never believe other than that she was murdered by the Royal Family in one way or another. They have a major newspaper on their side too, the Daily Express, whose owner — the pornographer Richard Desmond — is a close friend of Fayed.

Given what’s coming out in the inquest now, and what some of us have realized for a long while, this is outrageous and should be stopped by any means possible. There are lives being ruined by this nonsense.

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