Nancy Grace: Victim or Vicious?

The author explains the archetype of the sob sister, which is “a journalist, especially a woman, employed as a writer or an editor of sob stories,” and suggests that Nancy Grace perfectly fills this role. Grace routinely covers news stories that appeal to her viewers' emotions like murders...

Nancy Grace's contribution to the HLN network's increased ratings have created quite a stir. Her coverage of the Casey Anthony trial is considered vicious by some, while others claim that it's needful, fair and indicative of an unfortunate tragedy in her youth. Grace is a divisive figure for...

Although Nancy Grace is a victim herself of a violent crime, she claims to only bring about justice to the legal system by continuing to prosecute those who she finds are to blame. Similarly, in the Casey Anthony trial, the nation immediately understood her feelings regarding who to convict....

A discussion of how the news coverage of the Casey Anthony trial is a prime example of media sensationalism. The author is appalled by how the media handled this case and suggests that some news outlets were more concerned with using the case “ratings and advertising dollars” than finding...

An interview with a Pulitzer Prize winner and former editor and publisher of the Chicago Tribune, Jack Fuller. He wrote a book about how journalism has changed in recent years, and explains why many news outlets focus on stories that appeal to the audience's emotions. Fuller says that the...

Nancy Grace is a member of a large group of TV personalities who covered the Casey Anthony trial. Grace ensured that her opinion was sounded to the public, that Casey was in fact the true murderer of toddler Caylee Anthony. However, Grace is not exactly a journalist or a judge. What exactly...