Televising Trump's trials would give him a chance to perform for the cameras and his base, distracting jurors from their duty to carefully consider the evidence.
, generally involving juveniles. In the event Trump is charged and goes to trial in Georgia, his trial will invariably be televised.Christina Bellantoni, media director at University of Southern California’s Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, warns of the pitfalls of televising Trump’s trials. “My prediction… would be that his public opinion ratings would go up, no matter what evidence is presented,” she told. “People will hate-watch it; people will rally and root for him.
Jurors would be mindful of the need to explain a guilty vote to Trump loyalists in their communities who have watched his antics on television. In the course of analyzing O.J. Simpson’s televised criminal trial, David Dow and I wrote in our book,“With a camera present, critics assert, lawyers embellished arguments, waged unnecessary debates, prolonged the examination of witnesses and tended to ‘perform’ for the camera.”
Televising Trump’s trials would provide him with a golden opportunity to play to the cameras — and in turn to his base — and distract the jurors from their responsibility to soberly judge the evidence.piece, you know you’re reading non-profit, independent, ethical journalism. We take zero corporate dollars to ensure that we can publish freely and honestly, with no compromises.That’s how we can publish work like the piece above – through individual donations from readers like you.
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