The media coverage of the Caylee Anthony murder was outrageous. I remember sitting in the living room with my mom watching Nancy Grace’s news hour when the story first broke about the missing three year old.
We watched Nancy Grace every day waiting for news on Caylee. Every day she had something new, but it was like watching a soap opera. Every day is a new challenge, but if you don’t watch it for several months and tune in one day, you find that almost nothing has changed.
My biggest concern with the news coverage of Caylee’s murder was that the news covered issues that were salacious instead of covering factual investigative reports. After three years of covering the same story every single day, the media couldn’t produce enough evidence to convict Caylee’s mom of the crime that the media condemned her to years ago.
It really speaks to the investigative powers of the media that after three years of “finding” evidence, a court of her peers couldn’t convict Casey Anthony of her daughter’s murder.
I remember hearing the verdict over the radio on my way back from a trip to Ohio. My husband commented, “Who is Casey Anthony?” The rest of us could not believe that she wasn’t convicted in the face of so much evidence. My mother was disgusted and could not believe the justice system would let something so corrupt happen.
Looking back at all the “evidence” that was presented by the news media, I still don’t understand how the defensive and prosecutor left so many holes in their arguments. I suppose the influence of tv shows like CSI, Criminal Minds, NCIS, and other crime dramas have created a more thoughtful society where people can easily spot faulty logic.
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