We've heard plenty of bad takes about the lone holdout juror in the Lindsay Clancy case — the one who actually followed jury instructions to determine if Clancy murdered her three children or didn't, not use the verdict to create change to “make it better for other women.” The female jurors who ran to the press told us it was one of the three men on the jury who refused to acquit Clancy. Then they let slip that the holdout was the lone black person on the jury. We also learned he's a devoutly Catholic Haitian immigrant. His brother reveals that the family can't leave the house.
Boston Herald columnist Wendy Murphy believes that the holdout "is getting the negative attention he deserves."
Opinion | Now that the holdout juror in the Lindsay Clancy case is getting the negative attention he deserves, it’s easy for District Attorney Tim Cruz to agree to a plea deal that gets Lindsay the help she needs. Between now and when the deal goes t… https://t.co/ktm1k1F6ea
— Boston Herald (@bostonherald) September 15, 2026
Murphy writes that public relations firms hired by the mental health professionals whom the Clancy family is suing are being paid to post to social media:
Now that the holdout juror in the Lindsay Clancy case is getting the negative attention he deserves, it’s easy for District Attorney Tim Cruz to agree to a plea deal that gets Lindsay the help she needs. Between now and when the deal goes through, we need to talk about how and why social media caused so much needless distress in this case.
The jurors voted 11-1 for insanity. This indicates that public opinion breaks down along similar lines. So why does social media make it seem like the public divide is closer to 50-50?
The answer is money. An enormous amount of money is being spent elevating story lines that have nothing to do with how people really feel.
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PR firms promote only certain story lines – and they pay influencers and bot farms to spread them. Bot farms are especially dangerous because they manufacture completely fake people on platforms like X, TikTok and Facebook to make it look like hundreds of thousands of people feel a certain way even though the real number is exponentially smaller.
With enough money, a PR firm can create seemingly sincere narratives that have nothing to do with reality. The more money an insurance company stands to lose in a lawsuit, the more money they will spend on PR. It’s expensive but effective. Indeed, a bot farm company can simply push a button and create an endless loop of posts that make it look like half the population believes women are running around killing their babies for fun.
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So the piece isn't about the holdout juror at all — it's a conspiracy theory about paid influencers and bot farms. Still, Murphy is garbage.
It's a total mystery why the media's credibility is in the toilet
— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) September 16, 2026
This makes you the bad guy, actually.
— Dustin Grage (@GrageDustin) September 16, 2026
Obviously paid bots.
Perhaps Wendy, who wrote this, deserves some negative attention.
— Tim Tribbett DVM (@tntDVM) September 16, 2026
Opinion: Whoever wrote this is a loathsome scumbag.
— JWF (@JammieWF) September 16, 2026
Hey FAKE NEWS, the only people getting NEGATIVE attention is you pathetic liberals celebrating the fact that 3 young kids aren’t here. Your ratio is well deserved
— SeldenGADawgs (@SeldenGADawgs) September 16, 2026
Opinion | Not enough people in positions of power are being tarred and feathered in Boston.
— Robert McLaws (@robertmclaws) September 15, 2026
Everyone involved in publishing this should be fired.
"the negative attention he deserves"
— Physics Geek (@physicsgeek) September 16, 2026
Please know that I say this with the deepest sincerity: Fuck. You.
You need to be drummed out of business…because holy shit.
— Potential Spam (@corrcomm) September 16, 2026
Can’t read this right now, I’m beating my kids.
— 🫃🏼💉🇺🇦🇮🇷🇨🇺Hollaria Briden, Esq. (@HollyBriden) September 15, 2026
It's OK, Hollaria; it's just the hormones making you do it.
You people are absolutely the most reprehensible pieces of shit on the planet.
— Bonk (@BonkPolitics) September 16, 2026
Blindly shilling for a woman who tortured and executed three babies is beneath even psychopathic leftists like you.
Utterly grotesque. https://t.co/g8S9IlVtoB
Wendy Murphy and the Boston Herald believe in juror intimidation.
— Bandit (@Fox3forDale) September 16, 2026
They believe that if a person is on a jury and votes “the wrong way” they “deserve negative attention”.
I think Wendy deserves some negative attention.
“…the negative attention he deserves”
— IT Guy (@ITGuy1959) September 16, 2026
What the ever-loving #%!<!
He shouldn’t be getting any attention, much less doxxed + him and his family’s life being savaged by you bloodthirsty ghouls.
Every time I think you all can’t further disgrace yourselves, you prove me wrong.
Murphy needs to realize that not all of us got to see the "funny" and "entertaining" defense attorney in action, so we weren't swayed by his charms.
"negative attention he deserves" sounds like a threat to a juror.
— Boat Guy (@OilGuy19) September 15, 2026
You should be sued into oblivion.
"Negative attention he deserves" excuse me, what?
— AverageAmerican (@Average00037367) September 16, 2026
The man is a hero. pic.twitter.com/tf7Taqixhj
Sorry, but you don’t deserve negative attention for opposing the murder of children, you retards. pic.twitter.com/DrrDm9efU7
— Real Gone Cat (@RealGoneLux) September 15, 2026
There is something deeply, deeply rancid in you people.
— Boo (@IzaBooboo) September 15, 2026
Not only was it written, but The Boston Globe published it.
If anything, Clancy didn't get the negative attention she deserved for murdering her children with an exercise band. She's being lauded as a feminist hero.
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