Premise: In speaking for myself, it would be my humble opinion that if these parties were called to the stand to testify and refuse to testify, as I just indicated to you, Your Honor, that I think the focus of this trial all of the sudden isn't addressed as to intelligent design, but rather the media is going to be very much concerned in terms as to these stringers, not full-time employees, not employees at all, standing up for what they think is right.
Hypothesis: The author has a favorable opinion of the stringers.