It’s interesting to note that the Casey Anthony murder trial, with all its cast of characters, has garnered more publicity than the killing of Osama bin Laden. Who would have thought that? And it isn’t over yet, in fact, it may just be getting started. I have to believe that Casey, her parents and Jose Baez will all be in the public eye in the months to come. Television interviews, magazine articles, book deals, a movie… The sky is the limit. TGO
Refer to story below. Source: Orlando Sentinel (posted by Hal Boedeker on July, 25 2011 7:54 AM)
Casey Anthony’s defense attorney Jose Baez issued a statement Friday: “Contrary to recent published reports, I am not negotiating paid interviews with anyone.”
But what is he negotiating?
The New York Post on Sunday reported that Baez “has been living like a king in New York City, eating steak dinners with Matt Lauer and sleeping at the Mandarin Oriental — while network reps jostle to sign him as a legal eagle to eventually score the big interview.”
And that interview would be with Anthony, who was acquitted July 5 of first-degree murder in the death of her daughter, Caylee. Anthony has been hidden from public view since leaving Orange County Jail a week ago.
But don’t expect to hear from Anthony soon. Baez has indicated to network representatives that Anthony isn’t likely to give an interview for six to nine months, the Post reported.
Do the networks want to do business with Baez in hopes of landing Anthony?
CBS has seemed a definite no, saying it was not licensing any materials from Anthony and it was not courting Baez to become a legal analyst.
ABC negotiated a $200,000 deal with Baez in 2008 before Anthony was charged in her daughter’s death. That deal, revealed in 2010, set off a furor over journalistic ethics and practices.
A source at that network says ABC won’t become involved in a bidding war for an Anthony interview.
NBC acknowledged that it had put up Baez in the New York hotel, but called the stay a standard booking practice. An NBC spokeswoman said, “We’ve talked with Baez about getting an interview with Casey Anthony, but only under NBC News standards and conditions — no payment and absolutely no job offers for any member of her defense team.”
Doesn’t sound as if Baez will get a job from NBC — steak dinners and a hotel room, yes, but no job.
The Casey Anthony story has given us an inside look at network practices in a way few stories have. What next will we learn?
Baez and Mason have made Casey Anthony a hero to those wrongfully and illegally prosecuted at tax-payers expense. The prosecution-teams in this case committed more crimes than Casey did, at least according to the Court, and the prosecution-teams need to be held accountable for their crimes imo. -Jane
You write EXACTLY like michellefrommadison.
TGO, you had previously, and correctly, referred to it as GIBBERISH!
Can you at least change Janel to Jane like your signature? I admitted my wrongs to you and I’m sorry. Please leave my name alone. Please.
Well, if you saw the pictures of Osama doing his own little party binging with his buddies you’d understand why. But, he was very popular with the town’s goats.
And the Casey Cash Cow goes, MOOOO!