Today\’s quote comes to us from NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams, who started his special coverage of the Ferguson, Missouri grand jury decision this way:
“Thegrand jury in Ferguson, Missouri has failed to come up with anindictment for the police officer in the shooting of the unarmedblack teenager Michael Brown.”
Fascinating.
To me, when people fail to do something, it means they tried for a result and came up short.
But that is not what happened, is it?
What happened was that a grand jury heard all the evidence, saw the autopsy results and concluded that there was no cause to indict Darren Wilson.
Maybe Brian Wilson and NBC News think of the grand jury\’s conclusions as a failure to indict. But the grand jury thinks it conducted an investigation and acted on its findings.
I award Brian Williams Quote Of The Day honors, for – however inadvertently – making his rooting interest so clear.
I can\’t say I\’m surprised.
