Judge pressing jurors to see if they are impartial

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(04-19-2024, 08:55 PM)HarleyDog Wrote: Other outlets including NBC News, CNN, CBS News, and ABC News also publicized details about the juror, including additional identifying information.
Also, Gets her news from the NYT and CNN. I think it was pretty smart to fear her. Not really a disturbing surprise. 

"Smart to fear her" because she gets news for the US' flagship newspaper and believes "No one is above the law"?

And anyway, "both sides do it"?     I don't think so. 

(04-19-2024, 09:24 PM)HarleyDog Wrote: The press is ruthless. I believe in freedom of the press, but this is over the line. Why would that information be made available? 

...yet it seems since social media and click rates have become a thing, the greatest thing that has happened to mankind in a while has been our downfall in the arena of decency. The media has changed. Its focus is on clicks and they will destroy lives to get those clicks. I know they have always been invasive, but it's a new low today.

?? The press is ruthless"??  A different starting point might give us a different picture.

E.g., in this case, the DEFENDANT has a history of targeting innocent people for vicious attacks by his fanatical followers,
whom he frequently calls to intervene in the justice system.

Georgia poll workers targeted by Trump are cleared of false election fraud claims
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/georgia-poll-workers-targeted-trump-cleared-false-election-fraud-claim-rcna90350
Judges in Trump-related cases face unprecedented wave of threats
https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-election-judges-threats/

He has carried the same tactics into this New York trial intentionally, to damage the integrity of the legal process.

Donald Trump attacks NY judge's daughter, Manhattan DA Bragg requests court intervene
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/04/01/trump-gag-order-new-york-hush-money/73167688007/
Trump targets two likely witnesses ahead of his criminal trial, despite gag order
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/13/trump-targets-two-likely-witnesses-ahead-of-his-criminal-trial-despite-gag-order.html
Trump Violated Gag Order Seven More Times, Prosecutors Say
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/18/nyregion/gag-order-trump-prosecution.html

We already have a two-tiered justice system in this country, in which the filthy rich can jam the justice system by
throwing money at lawyers.

Now we have a case in which a wealthy defendant also has a regime party and its news organ in his corner, helping
him to spread disinformation, like “They are catching undercover Liberal Activists lying to the Judge in order to get on the Trump Jury.”
NBC, ABC, CBS and CNN are not publicizing THAT "detail."

So yes, there is indeed a "decency" issue here, but I don't think it is especially accurate to finger the media as the primary agent
willing to "destroy lives," along with our legal process. Making this a "media-has-changed" issue just spreads fog over the real problem.