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Casey Anthony Trial Grips America
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New York Magazine’s Frank Rich discusses why nation was riveted by the murder trial.
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- Date Jul 6, 2011
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New York Magazine’s Frank Rich discusses why nation was riveted by the murder trial.
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I'll -- -- -- -- good morning how are you -- Well really well actually a little.
To go to my first spring break it from the -- build in between jobs and and now back to work -- -- -- -- splitting but I'm good.
What did you do.
My wife and I actually went to Europe and sort of ran around to no particular purpose.
And then came back and started preparing for the new job -- -- working community HBO to shed a little bit of TV work and then.
Started gearing up to go back to journalism but it was fun you know spent some time -- My grown kids and neither of whom are currently living in New York so work.
If it's sort of been nice but no.
Back to work -- in Europe.
Really cliched places England France and Italy.
And -- was it was really it was nice you know we had no no agenda and system.
Really sort of true for the have a -- Alex my wife writes for the times actually but -- taken a media.
Publicly committed finished manuscript or -- so really but still celebrates.
So -- but -- not gone or all war world.
Convention left New York to Zurich drugs under a clump them -- -- No you know I love the time a -- -- thirty years and I was wrestles for -- -- was you know those secret.
My friend is men and I really of sort of dynamic to do there and I wanted to do something different and not right.
After the same column I've been doing for seventeen years which.
It's even longer I was drama critic.
And and opposed -- is that I know I know but.
So I I really was -- I've you know I've I've been very much what happened in the air strike after -- -- -- things when I was sort of done -- I was done with -- and there is there's nothing left me to do the time to accept the same thing I'd turned sixty.
And I thought if I'm not gonna change my life now when I got it changes so.
I was really excited.
-- a bunch of things that.
Horrible -- news magazines and Adam Walsh the editor actually.
Was my editor at the time he's size through.
For years and some creative music columnist there.
And talk to -- -- -- Exactly.
Ago on immediate snap -- -- that's all right it wouldn't be that they have towards management and we're we're gonna see that about me that's something besides myself.
We're gonna keep -- -- to the bottom of this are burning well itself as murder case but let it looked and that is as down for -- are you sorry you missed out on a -- -- bill.
You know.
I'm really not I've I've found it I've no.
I -- I don't know him -- you know follow him like everyone else I -- -- strong opinion about him.
He behaved like -- obviously I mean it's it's it's crazy behavior.
But I don't know what else there is to say about it I mean.
My missing from something I mean.
It was it is it's nutty behavior and he was caught and he -- and just another embarrassing moment in the history of our great congress.
I actually like to register on all time route electable -- what you Malone -- one of my favorite testament is funny and -- here Mervyn notes Marten.
You know he's he's seen that way and and he had this this thing of you know.
Revving up the the rage you know on -- -- of 9/11 moments Colin.
I didn't really you know.
Glaxo elect what I heard -- -- I -- and other that you would TV appearances.
Yet he seemed really smart but you never know what goes on them.
-- such self destructive behavior that's the real story.
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- The Jensen touches -- -- has -- people -- unexpected side.
Not it's not good not you know -- really is not good.
And -- in some ways the most tragic thing is as -- sex -- where the guy didn't even have sex.
-- -- If you didn't even get the pay -- she's the June -- generally anti semitism Anthony trial and a.
I really didn't but I have to say.
Just again in the hearing Nancy Grace the extra few played it really is.
Revolting.
I mean that's kind of.
Spherical media.
Coverage of something like this and that explore -- an entirely.
For her -- craven purposes whatever happened.
To this -- child is.
This disgusting.
Do you think people are I know people who watch cable TV were accessed -- this case but most people I know.
So they're all walks of life and they just didn't follow what little money in my completely out of the real world.
Not entirely know I didn't -- and -- dozens and I don't think about -- -- know we don't know.
-- -- -- -- -- -- Capitalist to watch -- program Francis and my essential subordinate.
To that degree but I I don't know enough about it to.
They're mortified yesterday.
Yeah exactly -- an end by the way it was just cable -- -- that the network news hasn't been featuring -- the past.
We call over the holiday weekend.
But you'd think it didn't see OJ Simpson case -- it it's.
It's a local murder case and you know -- -- Judgment about the verdict I don't know -- -- -- -- enable us to -- but it shows the power of a single wild boy always take something like this and elevated it is -- insane part of our.