Reply #11: Jackson's trial is being held in my neighborhood, so we [View All]

[Cleita]

get more coverage than we want. Sometimes we need to know if the grade is fogged in or the latest landslide has been cleared off of the highway but we are getting Michael or Scott all the time. My problem is, why should this be broadcast forever all over the country? I'm coming to the conclusion that trials involving celebrities should really be closed to the public. Look at th OJ fiasco.

At one time I thought that televising trials could be an educational thing for many people who can't go witness things in the courthouse, but the media doesn't want to televise the guy arguing over a property line or a mom and pop store being closed with eminent domain, they want the scandalous and sleazy. I say celebrity trials should be done behind closed doors. Once the courtroom is filled with observers, bye bye to anyone else.

It can be reported after wards like it used to be.