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Article: MEDIA WATCH: Trial by media gets underway with arrest of Scott Peterson.(evaluation of role of media in Laci Peterson legal case)
- Article from:
- PR Week (US)
- Article date:
- May 5, 2003
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The Laci Peterson case has been widely covered by the media since her Christmas Eve disappearance. Even so, the mid-April identification of her remains and those of her unborn child on the shores of San Francisco Bay - and the subsequent arrest of her husband Scott - brought the national coverage to a whole new level.
Within this coverage, Media Watch examined reporting on the role of the media in the case. The reporting has first and foremost addressed the intense coverage that the case has sparked. Several reports positioned the publicity as helpful in getting the public involved with the search and pressuring authorities to keep on the case. The San Jose ...