The Media is a Tad Obsessed with the Zimmerman Case
Steven L. Taylor
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Friday, April 13, 2012
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Evidence (as if you needed any): a story headlined “George Zimmerman buys $79.84 worth of items from jail store.”
This was something we needed to know?
About Steven L. Taylor
Steven L. Taylor is a Professor of Political Science and a College of Arts and Sciences Dean. His main areas of expertise include parties, elections, and the institutional design of democracies. His most recent book is the co-authored
A Different Democracy: American Government in a 31-Country Perspective. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Texas and his BA from the University of California, Irvine. He has been blogging since 2003 (originally at the now defunct Poliblog).
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Yes, yes, yes! I need this figure to compare with the amount spent by Lindsey Lohann, Rod Blagoavitch, and Charles “no parole for you” Manson. We have a constitutional right to know!
Steve,
The Orlando Sentinel which is the big paper in the area, was also the same during the Casey Anthony saga. There were similar news reports about her commissary purchases plus this fantastic piece of journalism where we learn her attorney had a stomach ache. Financial markets are collapsing, banks are using fake documents to gain foreclosure and our elected officials are standing by and doing nothing, but we need to know what tooth paste somebody buys.
Ironically enough that could be the understatement of the year.
Hell, calling the media “a tad obsessed” with the Zimmerman case is like saying that Glenn Close’s character in “Fatal Attraction” was a tad obsessed with Michael Douglas’ character.
@Tsar Nicholas II: Indeed: the ironic understatement was intentional.
Martha Stewart says that Jolly Ranchers accessorize well with Orange Jumpsuits
Was he buying Skittles?