Trial by Media (TV series)
Trial by Media is a documentary miniseries about famous court cases that are believed to have their outcome affected by extensive media coverage. The series premiered May 11, 2020 on Netflix.[1][2]
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| Genre | True crime Documentary series |
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| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 6 (list of episodes) |
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| Distributor | Netflix |
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| Original network | Netflix |
| Original release | May 11, 2020 |
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Cast
Episodes
| No. | Title | Directed by | Original air date | |
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| 1 | "Talk Show Murder" | TBA | May 11, 2020 | |
| After Jonathan Schmitz murders his friend Scott Amedure following an appearance on The Jenny Jones Show, the show's future is brought into the limelight as a civil suit is filed against the producers and distributors of the show by Amedure's family. | ||||
| 2 | "Subway Vigilante" | TBA | May 11, 2020 | |
| On December 22, 1984, four men, Barry Allen, Troy Canty, Darrell Cabey, and James Ramseur, were shot and wounded by Bernhard Goetz. On his way home, Goetz shoot the four black teenage passengers on a New York City subway. While he claimed this was an action of self-defense, the action sets off a controversial, tabloid-fueled trial which earned Goetz the nickname "Subway Vigilante," as he said he shot the four boys after an attempted mugging. | ||||
| 3 | "41 Shots" | TBA | May 11, 2020 | |
| On the morning of February 4, 1999, a 22-year-old Guinean immigrant named Amadou Diallo (born September 2, 1975) was shot and murdered by four New York City Police Department plain-clothed officers—Sean Carroll, Richard Murphy, Edward McMellon, and Kenneth Boss. Diallo was shot 41 times. Diallo was unarmed and had no criminal record. Despite the overwhelming evidence against the officers, all were found not guilty | ||||
| 4 | "King Richard" | TBA | May 11, 2020 | |
| Richard Scrushy, founder of HealthSouth Corporation, was charged with 36 of 85 counts of accounting fraud in 2004. | ||||
| 5 | "Big Dan's" | TBA | May 11, 2020 | |
| 6 | "Blago!" | Yance Ford | May 11, 2020 | |
Reception
The series received generally positive reception. Metacritic gave the series a weighted average score of 69 out of 100 based on 7 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[3] Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported an approval rating of 86% based on 14 reviews, with an average rating of 6.85/10 for the series. The website's critical consensus states, "A fascinating time capsule that doesn't draw many conclusions, Trial by Media considers the consequences of broadcasting high-profile court cases."[4]
gollark: Morphine is opioidish, isn't it?
gollark: > there are evil people and evil deedsright afterward though?
gollark: It's not like you can measure evilness as a physical property like you can mass or something.
gollark: Moral relativism isn't incompatible with disliking people doing things you consider evil, and what would something being "objectively evil" even mean?
gollark: You can get an extra, not very useful sense.
References
- Potts, Michael (May 12, 2020). "Trial by Media is Netflix's next true crime hit – release date and trailer". Radio Times. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
- "Stream It Or Skip It: 'Trial By Media' On Netflix, A Docuseries About Famous Cases That Were Affected By Massive Media Coverage". Decider. Retrieved 2020-05-23.
- "Trial by Media - TV Show Reviews - Metacritic". Metacritic.com.
- "Trial by Media: Season 1 - Rotten Tomatoes". Rotten Tomatoes.
Release
Trial by Media was released on May 11, 2020, on Netflix.
External links
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