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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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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.