Another Sad Day For The Media

I honestly don't know which cable news network was on the TV I was hearing from another room tonight (althought I suspect it was Fox), but it so disgusted me I had to turn it off. Whoever was the anchor in this case (not one of the usual night crew that I've heard, so it may not have been Fox) was interviewing "OJ Simpson's Best Friend". The station was on for about ten minutes and the anchor doing the interview was doing non-stop baiting: Does OJ have a temper? Why do you think he was so angry on that tape? You say the tape was doctored but someone else says it wasn't, so what do you have to say about that? Who's going to pay for OJ's lawyer? We have Mark Fuhrman here. What do you have to say about OJ, Mark? And after all the badgering, OJ was released after posting bail and they went to live coverage like it was the Bronco chase all over again. Oh and by the way, if OJ posted bail, where did he get the money, friend? Was it his own or did someone give it to him? We know OJ loves to talk. Do you think he'll talk too much now that he's free? He could face the rest of his life in prison (that was repeated at least five times in the ten minutes I listened. It got so bad, even Fuhrman said hey, let's calm down before we taint the jury pool and let's treat this as the separate case it is, not a chance to avenge a previous verdict.
I think OJ killed his wife. I think it was a travesty of justice then. I also think what's going on now is a travesty of the media, and honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if this was a set-up at all. Someone made an audio tape of the incident and profited from it already. The whole thing stinks and the media is playing a willing player to the stink. Another reason why sometimes I hate being a part of this business myself (although at least I'm only behind the scenes and not a part of the news side).