Trial by Media - Season 1

If this series had come along even ten years ago it may have felt more impactful.

It's a heartbreaker, with a genuine sense of uncovering and pointing to a terrible wrong.

Each of these cases commanded public attention during the eras in which they played out, and what Trial by Media does exceptionally well is distill, in under an hour, the "big takeaways" from each episode

The illuminating Trial by Media devotes an hour each to six high-profile and sensational criminal cases that drew the attention of news organizations from around the country and sometimes around the world.

The series neither creates a timeline nor makes an overarching argument. We're left wondering: When journalists are in thrall to murderers, what is to be done?

Your enjoyment of Trial By Media will vary from episode to episode, but will also vary with how much you know and remember about a particular episode's case.

This show doesn't crack the case on judiciously separating media coverage from criminal proceedings... Still, the docuseries delivers six solid episodes of true crime worthy of an all-at-once binge for genre fans.

Trial by Media isn't didactic; it lets the audience decide for themselves if the media's presence in our courtroom is a force for good or ill.