packaged

[Dan Goncharoff]

USAToday has an interesting article on how accommodating the court was in
helping HLN package the trial for TV.

FWIW...

On Sunday, May 12, 2013, Victor Steinbok wrote:

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> Choreographed, orchestrated, staged, etc. But the reference may also be
> to media "packaging", i.e., presenting the trial in a particular way.
> That is, the trial itself might not have been all that exiting, but it
> was presented for TV audiences in a way to make them more interested, to
> make them believe it was about the issues of the day. Since I have not
> seen the original reference, I'm kind of stabbing in the dark here. But
> I would not jump to assumptions that the court is the one "packaging"
> the trial. Attorneys for either side occasionally do that--to make their
> respective cases in the media. But usually it's not something that
> happens by the mutual agreement of the parties involved, including both
> sides and the court itself, as you seem to imply.
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>      VS-)
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> On 5/12/2013 11:27 AM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
> > I hope this means "ideally suited."
> >
> > A CNN contributor says that the Jodi Arias trial was "packaged for
> > television."
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> > Neither he nor anybody else has otherwise suggested that the Arizona
> > justice system has stooped low enough to stage-manage or even simply
> > advertise the trial to make it irresistible to the news media.
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> > "The Great Gatsby" is packaged. So far, murder trials are not.
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> > JL
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