Editorial: Judge has the wrong remedy for 'bad' media coverage of Rittenhouse trial

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Editorial: Judge has the wrong remedy for 'bad' media coverage of Rittenhouse trial (via latimesopinion)

. That’s their job. That conversation may be at the heart of viewership and page view numbers, but it’s also at the heart of democracy. It’s not up to any judge to measure the quality or the accuracy of what’s reported. The best response to poor quality reporting is more reporting. Messy? Of course. Democracy can be messy.

Whether Schroeder has done an exemplary or a miserable job of ensuring a fair trial, he is dead wrong about the proper remedy for what he considers shameful, grossly irresponsible and frightening. Prohibiting live TV coverage in the courtroom obviously would not end reporting or commentary on a high-profile case. It would merely deprive the public of direct access to proceedings in order to draw their own conclusions.

Likewise, the judge may be quite right to protect jurors from people following their bus in order to take their picture , but his sanction — banning a media outlet from the courtroom to cover the verdict — seems unrelated to the alleged offense. Schroeder has made it clear he doesn’t like what’s being said about him , but so what? He’s got a courtroom to run. It’s up to the rest of us to watch what’s going on, and to talk and write about it.

 

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