THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE ... - The Putnam Pit

1 the jury and tell them what they can and can't do.
2 MR. DUFFY: I agree.
3 MR. HARRIS: And I know, Mr. Gibson, you're
4 used to being an attorney and therefore you're used to
5 talking to the jury, but you're here as a witness today.
6 And so...
7 WITNESS: (Interposing) You've got it.
8 MR. HARRIS: Right. It's a little bit
9 different. I understand. I've not done that in your
10 role yet, so I wouldn't know how I would react either.
11 BY MR. DUFFY:
12 Q. Mr. Gibson, let me ask you with respect
13 to the matters of the Putnam Pit that discuss the
14 operation of the office of the District Attorney General
15 in the Thirteenth Judicial District, do those articles
16 characterize that office in any kind of a fair light?
17 A. No. Whatsoever, no fair light at all.
18 No objectivity, no fairness. And this is a perfect
19 example of the kind of publication, the smut that he puts
20 out in his publication.
21 (Question is stricken.)
22 Q. With respect to the question of whether
23 the Putnam Pit in its articles as they address the office
24 of the District Attorney General in the Thirteenth
25 Judicial District, does the Putnam Pit do anything to
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