Excellent? He basically just copied questions from that other thread (which actually was excellent), changed the format to “direct” questions aimed at certain folks (and even then, kept mixing up who he was asking what to), and indicated that Gault had some degree of prior knowledge or suspicion and stayed silent while blaming Hass for staying silent (reminder: Hass is the agent with a fiduciary relationship to a client; Gault is the journalist who should report on news, assuming it’s properly sourced).
Even though this latest piece is trying to be more objective than last week’s drivel, it still comes across as pro-Shelby. Which is fine, but I wish they would actually just say that they believe her rather than engaging in this faux both sides argument. It’s ok to believe her. Folks may disagree with you (I do) and accuse you of double standards next time you trash an East African who is banned (I will), but as editors of this site you’re entitled to your opinion on this.
Also, if you think prosecutors don’t routinely use witnesses with credibility problems (even in capital cases), you have no idea what you’re talking about. And, please god stop comparing this to a death penalty case. The State has not actually killed her as punishment. Oh no, she can’t run for a few years and has her athletic reputation ruined (or maybe only partially ruined since it seems that a sizable amount of folks believe her). She’s white, college educated, and not famous. She could pivot from this into tech or CS and nobody would give a toss. Even in an Olympic year, this story didn’t really break through mainstream media or, to the extent it did, it didn’t stay in MSM for long.