I think it was the idea that some mother could be so inherently evil that she’d kill her daughter, just so she could go party.
I think that was the hook.
It consumes crazy people who have no life. This also happened to Ramsey family after their daughter was killed. All kinds of fools coming out of the woodwork with their theories of how that girl died.
I still change the channel whenever this crap comes on.
I can only imagine Nancy Grace’s reaction. LOL
Maybe the fixation comes from the fact that people are TOO SCARED to even think that our nation is on FIRE.
This is exactly how I feel about the Casey Anthony trial, and also reality TV. Who cares?
I was forced to watch a little bit of this in a waiting room and I almost laughed out loud when they showed people outside chanting ‘appeal appeal’. Are they really so dumb as to think that is possible?
The fascination for me was the jury. They bought the defense story that the child died in the pool and then they put duct tape on her mouth, put her in a garbage bag, and discarded her body in a swamp.
A head shaker, like OJ.
This is the same syndrome that causes people to slow up on the freeway to watch a guy changing a tire. Their lives are so humdrum and plain that even such mundane events as a trial pulls them in. Most people lead unbelievable lives of frustration and boredom. God forbid they should read a book, go to a museum or learn something about the world they inhabit.
IT IS BEYOND amusing to hear talking heads itch out and over other talking heads. Talkers are just that talkers, maybe just maybe one step above used car salesmen/women, and thus far all those telling US what it is we should be doing or NOT doing are exposing themselves for being IDIOTS.... jealousy is never a pretty thing to watch. THIS for me was never about ‘ratings’, but a flash image of what American society has deteriorated into .... TRUTH is the first casualty of any civil society.
“...One 96-year-old grandmother in Alabama was so fixated; she knew the names of Casey’s entire family...”
I wouldn’t base the American public’s interest on the likes of a 96 year old granny.
My mother at 93 watched the tv listings with the little celebrity interviews scrunched above them because “they have most interesting programs.” Yeah, she had the attention span of 6 month old by that time.
The media pushes these stories to distract from what is going wrong in this country. You wouldn’t know from our lefty editorial board in our paper because Obama’s name is rarely mentioned.
It’s always the ev-e-el GOP.
It irritates me to no end to read and hear how Americans really don’t care when we do, but cutting through the massive propaganda is difficult.
I only know about this because of the last several days - I could give a s_it about a murdering mother and her family. There are thousands of missing children my heart cries for everyday and I don’t know who they are. If the main stream media wants me to watch it I auto pilot off that subject.
I think we want to see evil punished. The fact that the mother was partying, having a good time made her look guilty. 99.9 people would be in deep depression if they were innocent.
Today we see so many people getting away with evil deeds and it makes us mad. We know she will one day face God and he will bring justice. But it’s right that evil is punished here on earth so others will see the consequences of evildoing.
I will punish the world for its evil, the wicked for their sins. I will put an end to the arrogance of the haughty and will humble the pride of the ruthless.
Isaiah 13:10-12
uh...it’s easier to understand for most people than the
national debt and deficit?
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Casey Anthony's story is not tragic.
Caylee Anthony's is.
Would the murder trial have even made it beyond local news coverage if Casey was fat and homely or even a woman of color or trailer trash? Not a chance. All over the country there are murder trials and investigations going on with even more interesting plots yet they go under the national radar because they don’t fit the mode of today’s tabloid news coverage - of beautiful, or famous people missing, dead, or in trouble with the law. I call it the OJ syndrome, and it’s all about TV ratings and hooking suckers to tune in night after night.
The TV media know that they control the minds of Americans and what most people pay attention to. If it wasn’t on TV, people really wouldn’t care about it and would focus on more important/relevant subjects.
They want to keep the American public distracted. Now that the trial is over, get ready for another “important” distraction heading our way...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bread_and_circuses
“… Already long ago, from when we sold our vote to no man, the People have abdicated our duties; for the People who once upon a time handed out military command, high civil office, legions — everything, now restrains itself and anxiously hopes for just two things: bread and circuses”
I, too, am puzzled as to the media’s fascination with this case, which has even dominated talk shows hosted by the likes of Bill O’Reilly and Sean Hannity, who usually focus on far bigger issues.
This sort of phenomenon has happened before. I recall that in 1997 a babysitter somewhere on the East Coast was charged with killing a baby. If I remember correctly, no celebrities or VIP’s were involved, yet the national media was absolutely riveted on this case and likely made it the biggest news event of the year. At the time, I was puzzled by all the attention given to what should have been a local news story.
The media has decided that the story is fascinating.
A far more interesting story is the one about the 3 missing boys from Morenci Michigan. Dad took them for Thanksgiving and never brought them back. First he said he gave them to a woman, then he said he killed them and now he’s saying he gave them to a group that protects children. He’s been in jail ever since.