No Love for Wendell "JD" Houston In Lawsuit with Hot 93.7
On this Valentine's Day, it seems appropriate to provide a quick update on the lawsuit 
brought by former DJ Wendell "JD" Houston against Hot 93.7 and its related entities. Will Houston be left in the cold by Hot and a jury of his peers?
If you don't remember the story, you can read this post for a quick reminder.
After about a day and half of deliberation, the jury returned a full defense verdict earlier this month for Hot 93.7 and its related entities. I will resist the urge to issue the quote: "Houston, we have a problem."
But if you read an article about the trial beforehand, you would think the evidence was clear-cut in favor of Houston. Just recall this: "Wendell "JD" Houston, the show's black host, says a figure depicting the lynching of a black man was left dangling from his microphone and racist posters were hung at the station."
But often times, such evidence is diluted or even excluded at trial. Thus, what makes for good headlines, may not make for a good piece of evidence.
And sadly, through a search of news articles online through Google News, I haven't found a followup on the trial, even though there was a lengthy piece before. (I'd be happy to update this post with links if anyone is aware of them) This leaves readers with the impression that Houston may have been successful on his claims -- or at least taints an employer who has been accused of discrimination.
Its a classic case of the mainstream press hyping allegations, and failing to follow-through on the results.
UPDATE: If the lawsuit's results are printed in the Courant's daily celebrity gossip column, Java (which, in the interests of full disclosure, I did appear about 7 years ago here and here ), does that actually count as reporting news?
