This might be a product of different legal systems (You're in GB, right?).... There are certain foundational values in the American legal system that are totally overridden by media involvement. The bulk of our 'Bill of Rights' is about trial proceedings, including rights to representation, rights to privacy, rights to impartiality, rights against search without a warrant... these are fairly central tenets of our whole country, really, and our news agencies ignore them without fear of reproach. Now certainly, we should talk about things from time to time, like 'It's not okay to gun down black people.' [i]That's a great lesson to teach the kids!![/i] But what actually happens -- the practical history here -- is that news agencies whip up a lynch mob with their left hand so that they can sell torches with the right. That's how we operate and it's appalling, and I sincerely hope it's different in Britain.

people should be angrier about this.