DOES ANYONE AGREE THAT TELEVISED TRIALS, SUCH AS THE DOCTOR CONRAD MURRAY TRIAL, ARE BASICALLY A WASTE OF THE VIEWERS' TIME?

      Every day for the past couple of weeks, we have been inundated with the details of Doctor Conrad Murray's trial in connection with the death of Michael Jackson.  While it is certainly sad that a man of Michael's musical talents passed away, and that his doctor may or may not have been partly at fault, it seems that this continued coverage of every detail of the trial is just a gigantic publicity stunt on the part of the channel that is continuously running the trial live.  It is no different than the Casey Anthony trial.  While it was very sad that Casey's daughter died, do we really have to have the details of the trial rehashed over and over.  Am I just bored because I have seen so many trials over the years as an attorney?  I'm not sure.  I can tell you that several of them were far more interesting than the two trials mentioned above.  But there was little or no news coverage, given that the parties involved were not famous, nor did the attorneys hire press agents to up the publicity.  I guess this phenomenon pretty much began in 1994 with the O.J. Simpson trial.  And here we are, 17 years later, with the Kardashians having their own show, including spin-offs of that show--all because their late father was one of O.J.'s best friends and a part of his legal team!  It used to be that fame required one to have a talent or special gift of some kind.  It seems to me that fame now requires that a person--preferably one with problems of some type--be in the right place at the right time.  Perhaps this trend will require dictionary editors to come up with a new definition of the word "fame." What ever happened to shows with plots?  Or those which discussed serious and important topics that have an impact on all of us--not just on one person?  In fact, the whole "reality show" craze is unfathomable.  Each of us has reality issues of our own to deal with, and we don't need our own show to help us do that!   Does anyone out there agree with my take on all of this?