Cable News Goes Mad For Casey Anthony Trial

(National Confidential) — Cable news was like a dog with a bone in its coverage of the “not guilty” verdict in the Casey Anthony murder trial. Channels like Fox, MSNBC, and especially CNN’s HLN went wall-to-wall with coverage of the salacious case.

Nancy Grace

HLN’s Nancy Grace took personal umbrage at the verdict, as the former prosecutor had built her show around the indictment of Anthony, who Grace described as “tot mom.” Cable news chose to prioritize coverage of the trial at the expense of issues like the debt ceiling, whose effects extend to all Americans.