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Originally Posted by Maggy J
There are other participants in a court case..  and they are all 'real' in a supposedly controlled and staged set of a courtroom.
Just take a look at questions time in the House of Commons every Wednesday. |
But do you agree that the agenda of those involved in a court case is not entertainment, but a rather more serious one of liberty and justice? I think there lays the main difference in the way in which the televising will differ. No one is out to make a mockery of the courts by televising it. But I do think it will be of much interest to a lot of people, myself included. It can also give people an opportunity to better understand others, their behaviours and their motives. Hopefully, this education, however slight or prevalent will help those who watch to better judge situations they find themselves in by recognising expression, emotion and tone in others and themselves.
Personally, I feel many people can learn a lot by the court trials being televised. Those who are not interested simply will not watch them, not unlike many who already dismiss programmes on tv.