Media Roundup: Extraneous Factor

There weren't very many media reports on the Conrad Black trial that were webbed overnight and this morning. Two were repeats:

1. NewsMax.com has webbed a version of a forecast report by Reuters' Andrew Stern.

2. The Hamilton Spectator has webbed an abridged version of another forecast report by Romina Maurino.

3. The latest column by Peter Worthington, as webbed by the London Free Press, is about what "reasonable doubt" is with respect to this trial. One of the reasons explaining why the outcome of the trial is so difficult to forecast, Mr. Worthington explains, is the role of Judge St. Eve's instructions to the jury, which have not been given yet. He ends with a note that criminal investigations of this sort tend to wreck the company supposedly being 'saved' by them.

4. A CP report, webbed by 570 News, relates what to expect today: the end of Michael Schachter's closing address for Peter Atkinson and the closing address for Mark Kipnis by Ron Safer.

5. Paul Waldie has written a report that sketches out what to expect today, as webbed by the Globe and Mail. Mr. Waldie discloses that Michael Schachter has told Judge St. Eve that he has two hours to go before he's finished, and that Ron Safer will probably take up the rest of the day. The prosecutorial rebuttal should be heard tomorrow morning.

6. BNN aired an interview discussing the same subject, with Amanda Lang, aired at 8:20 AM ET. According to Ms. Lang, the defense has made it clear that there are four defendants, although they have not turned on each other. The prosecution has to come back with a strong rebuttal, which includes restoring their credibility after it was chipped away in the defense's closing arguments.