“ Real it y,” (RE)AFFIRMING RACE: Negotiation, and the “Trial of the Century”

Up until now I had not know that the O.J. case was based in such a racial divide. The fact that on a jury of twelve only two of the jurors were white is very interesting, especially given the neighborhood that Simpson was residing in. To see Hunt's analysis here regarding whether race really had anything to do with the jury's decision is very intriguing, and gives me a little less confidence in the jury system.

TV News Hyper-Coverage and the Representation of Place: Observations on the O. J. Simpson Case

While I agree with Alderman that it is interesting to see the hyper-coverage of the O.J. Simpson case, I am very disappointed to not see any in-depth look into why the chosen case is the Simpson case. The part of this that creates intrigue is that question, and from what I can tell Alderman fails to adequately address this question of how the media decides what is important and why, instead he just focuses on the fact that they do decide this.