Who Else is Sick of Hearing About Scott Peterson?

Me | 29 May 2003 | Me

[annyokie]

Am I the only one who is sick and tired of the wall-to-wall coverage of this case?

Rant on or flame on.

[cake_crumb]

"Do you think the non-stop coverage will prejudice any jury they can find?"

To be fair to the media : here in the Information Age - the REAL information Age - any and all national manhunts taints the entire potential jury base, because nearly the entire country participated in it or is aware of it, so the media cannot be blamed on that score. Nor can our legal system, which must now evolve to encompass change....

BUT....and this is a BIGGGGGGG BUT : WHEN that person is found, the media should BACK OFF, because all of the extra 24/7 coverage after the individual for which the country is HUNTING has been found is pure hype and open to manipulation by attorneys on BOTH sides.

Attorneys CAN and HAVE used 24/7 news channels to sway public opinion and therebye judges and juries. Guilty parties may go free...and talking heads (like GRETA) get whole careers from the tabloid-circus coverage.

So yeah, I basically agree with you. The tabloid coverage can and has ruined the process of law which we hold so dear in this country.

What happened to justice? If Scott IS guilty of murdering his wife and unborn son so he can continue his womanizing in peace, but walks free due to attorney-manipulated media hype swaying opinions...well, then Stephen King - as his pseudonym Richard Bacheman - had it right. We might as well just have game shows, where the jury is the TV audience. (King was pretty good before his accident. I used to be a big fan)

[Joe Hadenuf]

Hey, watch it now. I live right down the road from there over in East BF, and I'm not watching it!

And don't worry, I am not even going to guess what BF means....

[Fred Mertz]

Sounds like the game was fixed.

[sweetliberty]

Teehee..

[wolficatZ]

Me too. The relentless pigfaced feeding frenzy over this ONE case while all the time completely ignoring countless thousands of equally horrific and brutal crimes that occur almost every single day makes me despise the mainstream media intensely. I listened to MSNBC for about 5 seconds today; of course they were talking about you know what. Click. Off.

[my_pointy_head_is_sharp]

I think the media hope it will be like the OJ trial, or like the Clinton impeachment -- that it will go on & on & on -- all summer long, endlessly -- and bring them high ratings.

I, for one, won't be watching it. Scott Peterson doesn't have OJ's or Clinton's charm -- both of them snakes. Scott Peterson is like a sack of mud -- dull as dirt. I'd rather watch videos.

[hole_n_one]

FINAL
SA 90
DAL 78
SA wins series 4-2

[FreedomCalls]

Good post.

[ChefKeith]

YES!!!

That is all I have to say on this subject.< /forrestgumpvoice>

[PatrioticAmerican]

me. It's just another murder case, so what's the big damned deal?! Anyone following this needs to get a life.

[shootist]

ME

[Wil H]

Hey! it's the only murder to have occured in this country in the last six months so of course there is going to be coverage in the media, what else would you expect?

[ladyinred]

I understand your nickname, but I don' t understand your tag line, help, give me a hint, it is making me crazy! :-)

[FreedomCalls]

so what's the big damned deal?!

Well, it's hugh! It's vey series.

[ampat]

Me.

[LibertyAndJusticeForAll]

I heard on some newscast it is because the people involved are attractive, and because it is from Modesto, CA where Gary Condit, Chandra Levy live(d). There may have been other reasons given, but that's all remember.

[Coleus]

Yep, they want us to forget about that one. For one, she's a woman and she didn't use a "gun".

[Pro-Bush]

To all the people who are obsessed with this story: "GET A LIFE"!

[L.N. Smithee]

Isn't there any REAL news?

Maybe you would find some if you didn't rely on the talking heads to bring it to you.

[L.N. Smithee]

The relentless pigfaced feeding frenzy over this ONE case while all the time completely ignoring countless thousands of equally horrific and brutal crimes that occur almost every single day makes me despise the mainstream media intensely.

Which other murders do you think deserve attention?