‘Inquirer’ Reports ‘Inquirer’ Does Shit Reporting Job

Yesterday, the Inquirer reported on high-profile local defense attorney Jimmy Binns, who earlier this year decided to give the police department a million bucks to replace its aging fleet of motorcycles. (The police department’s earlier bikes were purchased sometime after the French & Indian War.)

Despite it being multiple mentions in the the Inquirer and Daily News, apparently Binns hasn’t been getting enough press. The Inquirer’s article yesterday touched on the reason for this lack of publicity.

Despite what you might think, the reason isn’t “while a very nice gesture, it’s a minor story best confined to a couple paragraphs in the briefs section or maybe a 400-word story.” Nope. It’s because of.. uh… the Inquirer?

[FOP Prez Bobby] Eddis said Binns gets things done with little attention to himself, “without show.”

Another reason is that efforts by Binns and the Police Department to get publicity about the 62 motorcycles have been ineffective.

The first event to announce the donation was scheduled for July 4. The news media in Philadelphia, including The Inquirer, however, were covering July Fourth events.

Another event held on July 24 outside FOP headquarters on Spring Garden Street near Broad also went largely unnoticed by the news media - and the public.

Yep, he’s not doing it for attention at all. Except for the big article about an already high-profile defense attorney’s donation of motorcycles, with a photo of him sitting on one of the motorcycles he purchased in front of a formation of cops on their new bikes. And the previous articles about this in the Inquirer. Anyway, perhaps the story coulda got more traction if the opening press conference was on Christmas instead. Or maybe New Year’s Day at 12:01 a.m.

Criminal defense lawyer works to help officers roll [Inquirer]
Search: Jimmy Binns [Philly.com]