  Email Print      Yes, I am glad that the families have had the
resources to pay for the excellent legal representation that
they have received, but that does not mean that what the State
of North Carolina is doing is justified. Furthermore, I would
argue that the state is paying millions of dollars in order to
promote this particular hoax, and it would be quite interesting
to see, when this case finally is dismissed, just what the total
legal costs have been.  There are other costs as well. I have
argued elsewhere that the outright lies and fraud have been
exposed only because of the rise of the blogosphere. Professor
K.C. Johnson of Brooklyn College has exposed official lie after
official lie in his Durham-in-Wonderland blog, while other
bloggers, such as the crews at Liestoppers, Crystal Mess, John-
in-Carolina, La Shawn Barber, Michael Gaynor, Friends of Duke
University, and Johnsville News. (I have been in personal touch
with all of the bloggers except for Johnsville News, and I have
no idea of who the m