It's hard to turn off the spotlight

San Francisco Chronicle ^ | 10/18/5 | CW Nevius

[SmithL]

Veteran courtroom observers couldn't help but notice the irony. There in Monday's newspaper was defense attorney Daniel Horowitz holding up a hand to fend off reporters and photographers.

Of course, Horowitz had every reason to decline interviews. His wife, Pamela Vitale, was found dead Saturday afternoon in their Lafayette home. The last thing he wanted to do was speak to reporters camped out at the edge of his property.

And yet, there is the inescapable feeling that, under different circumstances, it was exactly the kind of case Horowitz would have rushed to join.

A regular pundit on CNN, MSNBC, Fox News and Court TV, there are few media self-promoters more determined and energetic than Horowitz. He is so ubiquitous that he handed out resumes at all the big trials, including Michael Jackson and Scott Peterson.

But now the man who offered what he called "provocative, but fact-based opinions" on every big crime story of the day is the big crime story of the day.

The problem is turning off the cameras and lights when real life intrudes. The fact that Horowitz is a defense attorney in the high-profile murder trial of Susan Polk made his wife's death national news and him the target of some of the same questions he has posed.

[SmithL]

I find it telling that the police keep saying that "no one has been eliminated as a suspect". I kkep waiting for a knock at my door.

[ncountylee]

Terrible tragedy but it's nice to see a CNN leftist suffering from insensitive MSM behavior.

[isthisnickcool]

Irony....

[uncitizen]

here is the inescapable feeling that, under different circumstances, it was exactly the kind of case Horowitz would have rushed to join.

Oh yeah. Any other time Horowitz would be all over a story like this like a fly on shiite. But this time, he's the sh!t and the flies are after him.