Two commentators break down a sheriff's press conference that drew international coverage but stumbled badly. Blood on the porch, a missing surveillance video, an imposter arrest, and a ticking deadline all got buried in rambling, disorganized delivery. A tighter, shorter briefing would have landed the actual news.
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Overall, it was, it was rough. It was, I think you called it a train wreck. I would, I would agree with that. I think that, you.
Know.
First of all, this is a really tough. I, you know, I have some empathy for the sheriff. This is a really tough position to be in. This is a high profile case. It's being covered internationally. You know, I saw stories this morning from the Daily Mail, the BBC, you know, from those guys all the way to Entertainment Tonight. I mean, they're all sort of there in the room, and it is tough to do your job in at a time like that. But that being said, there were a lot of, I think, unforced errors in, in this press conference where I do think ultimately they don't, they don't really know what's happening in this case. And, and they're flailing a little bit. But. And you saw some of that, and you saw some mixed messaging and some sort of backtracking and like you said, they were back on their heels, I think, quite a bit.
Yeah.
So, yeah, I think, I think they could have come out and been much, much shorter. It was interesting as, as you, you and I were watching it yesterday, I agreed with you that, you know, you kept saying, there's no news here, there's nothing new. And, and you were right in that moment. But when you go back and look at that press conference, there actually was a lot of news that came out of it, but it was so damn disorganized. Yes, that's.
Exactly. It.
Came out in drips and drabs and piecemeal. You know, we learned about the blood on the porch, the timeline, the reward, the arrest of an imposter, the fact that there was no surveillance video, the deadlines, all of that stuff came out. And when you, when you combine that there was, you know, there was, it was newsworthy.