Over many many years of watching court tv trials, and following many more that weren't televised, I've always considered Linda Deutsch beyond reproach as an excellent court/trial/legal reporter. When I pay no attention to the tv trial talkers, especially when they are big mouth glory hogs, when I over-dose on the showboaters, I note Linda Deutsch is never among them. She's strictly a print reporter, and I think, a fine one, very seldom is she seen on tv.
FYI..please see my #80..
I agree; when I saw Linda Deutsch last night, my first thought was "Big time trial."
That said, the rest of them say he's going to jail. :-)
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Deutsch has covered some of the most famous trials of our time, including those of Sirhan Sirhan, Charles Manson, Patty Hearst, Exxon Valdez skipper Joseph Hazelwood, William Kennedy Smith, the four police officers accused in the beating of motorist Rodney King, and the Menendez Brothers. She is currently covering the Robert Blake murder case.
Her most notable work has been her coverage of the O.J. Simpson criminal and civil trials, for which she was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. At the end of the criminal trial, the AP honored her with its prestigious Oliver Gramling Award for career long excellence. The Simpson trial brought her face as well as her byline into millions of homes as she was called upon by TV news shows to share her expertise with audiences across the world. She coauthored the AP book, “Verdict: The Chronicle of the O.J. Simpson Trial,” and she also wrote the foreword to “Headline Justice,” a book by her best friend and mentor, legendary reporter Theo Wilson.
Deutsch has also covered two U.S. presidents, Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan, at their Western White Houses and covered two assassination attempts on a third president, Gerald Ford. From Guam, she helped cover the evacuation of Vietnam after the fall of Saigon.
AP named Deutsch a special correspondent in 1992 in recognition of her long and distinguished career with the wire service. The designation of special correspondent is one she shares with only a handful of other active AP writers and one that has been bestowed on just 18 AP reporters in the history of the news service."
They must have both opinions to protect themselves.