Conrad Black Trail Victory: The Winners and Loser

The case against Black is so lacking in evidence all but the staunchest Black haters now show open contempt toward the prosecution. Many trial followers, including the bettors at ftpredict.com, now believe this case is unlikely to result in a conviction. In anticipation of Conrad Blacks acquittal, The First Post has broken down the winners and losers and I’ve added some names as well:

The Winners:

Conrad Black – Duh! But it will be good to see a man of integrity stand up to the prosecution and get off.

Mark Steyn – The very funny writer who has been beating up on the prosecution from the beginning.

Peter Worthington – Like Mark Steyn has been in Conrad Black’s corner from the beginning, rightfully pointing out how weak the case against Black is.

www.ftpredict.com – Intrade never had volume on any of the trial contracts. FTpredict, a play money exchange, was a more active market and moved as the trial developed.

The Losers:

Eric Sussman, Julie Ruder, Edward Siskel, and Jeffrey Cramer – Patty Fitz let the rookies handle this turkey knowing there was no case. Rumor has it at least one of them will be out of a job regardless of the outcome of this trial.

David Radler – The prosecution can still throw the book at him since his deal is contingent on performance. Even with a favorable deal he ends up a lot poorer and permanently tarred as a rat.

Tom Bower – Wrote largely fictional Black biography which will be even more discredited by a Black victory.

Donna – The anon poster on the Conrad Black Trial blog whose intense personal hatred of Conrad Black has blinded her to the facts of the case. I suspect this is Julie Ruder trying to drum up support for the prosecution.