`S. News article states that the prosecution case was so strong that it set a high bar for the defense, so high that Weintein saw the defense as facing ``an extremely large burden.`` In another article, law professor Susan Abraham says in an interview that she too was impressed (http://www.njtvonline.org/njtoday/video/former-public-defender-thinks-prosecution-has-good-case-against-ravi/). Granted, one can find different articles that give different points of view; that is why it is unwise to characterize the consensus of others' views, especially when one uses tendentious phrasing. Cuomo's phrasing smacks of punditry; he says that legal analysts wondered why the state ``insisted`` on pursuing bias intimidation chargesthe ``insisted`` suggesting that the prosecution was being stubborn or irrational. I don't understand the relevance of your point about a change in media coverage; this section is not about media coverage. If anything, the change in media emphases should make one dubious about any article that purports to say what everyone else is thinking or should think. This section should explore specific reactions after the verdict, not try to tell us what the experts in general are thinking at any one time.    +   The U. `