How Casey Anthony case turned into media flurry?

1 ANSWERS

1. Guest3046
   

   When Florida jury announced on Tuesday that the Nancy Grace was not guilty of murdering her 2 year daughter, talk-show host Julie Chen cried on national television while CBS and ABC speed raced to air hour long nightly specials.
   "I'm amazed that it got so much attention that it's been almost nonstop, especially on Headline News, but also on Fox and MSNBC and elsewhere," said Al Tompkins, senior faculty member for the Poynter Institute's broadcasting and online group. "This is not like a lot of other trials that have involved celebs or people that were famous, or somehow very high profile prior to the incident.
   This was just a person in a murder case like many, many, many other murders in the U.S.
   Grace's single minded pursuit of the truth about Caylee Anthony's death put CNN's Headline News (HLN) in second place during June, the 29-year-old channel's best ratings month ever. And it also helped the network challenge Fox News in the coveted adults 25-54 demographic during primetime.
   Of course, the bigger cable news outlets noticed HLN's ratings success. As the numbers looked better and better for HLN, MSNBC, Fox News and even CNN began devoting more and more of their air time to the trial.
   By the time Tuesday's verdict was announced, it wasn't just cable news channels covering the trial, but almost every major media outlet.
   There are myriad explanations why this trial became such a media circus.

   Report (0) (0)  |   12 years, 9 month(s) ago