Sunday, July 10, 2011

The Media Mafia and Casey Anthony

America.

The land of law and justice.

Unless ofcourse you can make some media giants and political pundits some quick cash.

Then the rules change.


Guess what doesn't sell?
National debt. Unemployment. Foreign Government Intervention.

Anything that requires an iota of thought and reasoning, people (apparently) aren't interested in.
Maybe they don't need the added stress in their lives, maybe TV is their escape from reality, or maybe they are just willfully ignorant of actual problems and refuse to educate themselves on the things that matter...I'm going with the last one.

On the other hand, guess what sells?
Character assassination. Sensational conclusions. Mob mentality.

Sit back and ask yourself, was this the only (alleged) murder to have taken place in America in these past two weeks?

No? So why was this particular case thrown in the face of the American people on a continuous loop?

One word. Ratings.

The point of this case was justice for Caylee Anthony. The little girl who, murdered or not, is now dead.

The prosecution pulled out all of the stops. They accused the Casey of killing Caylee. They accused the grandfather, George, of molesting Casey.Then they outed George for having an affair during the search for Caylee. They then accused George of being mentally incompetent because he couldn't remember how he buried a family pet over 20 years ago. Which made me wonder who was on trial here?

So we proved George Anthony was a real douche bag.

Meanwhile, with the thousands of taxpayer dollars being spent, there was still no proof that Casey killed Caylee.

The facts:
This was a private matter of justice between the State of Florida, the Anthony family, and the Good Lord.
This was NOT an opportunity for the Mainstream Media to make some cash and boost ratings.

The media had Casey Anthony hung out in the public square before the trail even began.
With Nancy Grace screaming "guilty until proven innocent" rhetoric and every media outlet treating Casey like a convicted killer, public opinion and jury tainting had an opportunity to take a front seat in this ruling.

When it comes down to it we must introspect and see things from all angles in our search for justice.

Casey was found not guilty of murder.
(Can you imagine losing your child, and then having every media source accuse you of murdering it?)

We also must find the relevance of having cameras in the court room. Did this help the case for justice? Or did this impede legal proceedings and risk a false verdict.

In this country we seek justice.

After all, this is America, the land of Law and Justice.

Seek justice.

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