Thursday, February 5, 2009

Part 2 of our 'Wearin' Stripes' edition

The theme song here today seems to "I Fought The Law and The Law Won" as we continue with the big house blues version of PTW.

Listening to the jailhouse talk
Matt James
Fresno Bee
February 4, 2009


Do not do jailhouse interviews. This is the best advice you will get today.

If you ever find yourself in jail, prison, county lock-up, the drunk tank, time-out*, one of those Old West iron-gated holding cells that looked strong but could be pulled apart with a horse and a rope, any sort of incarceration whatsoever, and society has deemed you a person of enough consequence that members of the media want to interview you, say no. Just say no. Nancy Reagan doesn't even charge for use of her catchphrase. Turn them down. No comment.

*For the child actors, I suppose.

Last weekend, Fresno State basketball player Dwight O'Neil did a jailhouse interview with Bee sports reporter Daniel Lyght. In it, O'Neil apologized and explained why he had been jailed, and also that he is not the terrible person you would come to associate with jail-time...

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