Morning Jolt: The Kyle Rittenhouse Trial: A Reminder about Court Coverage

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On the menu today: As the country awaits the decision from the jury in Kenosha, Wis., on homicide charges against Kyle Rittenhouse, it is again time to ask if the way the news media cover these high-profile trials serves anyone but their advertisers well; there is this recurring pattern of juries that look at the entire argument and evidence from both sides, reaching decisions contrary to popular and often simplistic media narratives. Meanwhile, only 40 percent of Americans think Joe Biden is "in good health."

Why We Should Be Wary of News Coverage of High-Profile Criminal Trials

This morning, twelve jurors in Kenosha, Wis., are gathering for a second day of deliberations in the homicide trial of Kyle Rittenhouse, who is charged with the fatal shooting of two people and wounding of another during riots in that city in August 2020. That Rittenhouse raised and fired his AR-15 and fired the shots that killed and wounded the men is not in dispute; the question is whether his actions constituted legal self-defense or first-degree intentional homicide.

As mentioned on yesterday's edition of The Editors podcast ...

WITH JIM GERAGHTY November 17 2021 WITH JIM GERAGHTY November 17 2021 The Kyle Rittenhouse Trial: A Reminder about Court Coverage On the menu today: As the country awaits the decision from the jury in Kenosha, Wis., on homicide charges against Kyle Rittenhouse, it is again time to ask if the way the news media cover these high-profile trials serves anyone but their advertisers well; there is this recurring pattern of juries that look at the entire argument and evidence from both sides, reaching decisions contrary to popular and often simplistic media narratives. Meanwhile, only 40 percent of Americans think Joe Biden is "in good health." Why We Should Be Wary of News Coverage of High-Profile Criminal Trials This morning, twelve jurors in Kenosha, Wis., are gathering for a second day of deliberations in the homicide trial of Kyle Rittenhouse, who is charged with the fatal shooting of two people and wounding of another during riots in that city in August 2020. That Rittenhouse raised and fired his AR-15 and fired the shots that killed and wounded the men is not in dispute; the question is whether his actions constituted legal self-defense or first-degree intentional homicide. As mentioned on yesterday's edition of The Editors podcast ...   READ MORE

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