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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It is interesting that Zimmerman, apparently, is no longer entitled to be treated like a private citizen anymore, and his every transgression is national news.  I wonder why the media chooses to report on him in this manner.  [/quote]

Let me ask you a sincere question, do you think that someone who intentionally attempts to garner media and public attention for himself should have expectations for being treated as a private citizen?

Simply because he is polarizing figure that creates views and clicks for whatever news source it is. When his name is mentioned they know that folks will react.  Controversy sells!  Simple as that. [/quote]

I disagree with your premise.  Zimmerman did not choose to "garner media and public attention for himself," but rather was thrust into the public spotlight because what was and should have been a garden-variety self-defense case, barely worthy of the local news blotter, was made round-the-clock national news for months, and Zimmerman subject to the full Two-Minutes-Hate treatment, day-in and day-out, for all that time.  If Zimmerman's own efforts to rehabilitate his reputation and profit, in some small measure, from his experience, *after* all this occurred, justifies ongoing media scrutiny of his every foible, to be cast nationwide whenever it can be used to further damage his reputation...?  Well, all I can say is that I disagree with that, and a responsible media would have accepted that they got the story wrong and at least have the decency to let the guy alone going forward.

I say that with no great admiration for Zimmerman, who seems like a rather pedestrian fellow who gets into the types of scrapes that are commonplace for literally tens of thousands of his fellow men, all across this great nation of ours.  Yet, he is the one who is on CNN for life, it seems.  It reeks of payback.  [/quote]

I think we diasgree on a little more than the basic premise and that is ok.  It was far more than a self defense case because of the Florida law and the age of the victim.  Despite the acquittal, there are still a number of questions about whether the media got the story wrong or got it right.  The way the case was charged/prosecuted and some of the statements made by the jurors contributes to that.  That being said, GZ is a polarizing figure and networks know that stories involving him will create interest.  I do not always think that the media has axes to grind and vendattas - sometimes it is about the money.  Like or not, Zimmerman creates clicks and views.  And I would not diminish his subsequent issues.  In fact, I think they underscore the reputation he had going into the trial as being a hothead.  The fact that he continues to get into these scrapes AFTER he killed someone is shocking to many.  He avoided major trouble and that fact that he cannot keep his nose clean is baffling.  And that fact that some of the suff he has done to rehab his reputation is seen by many as gloating and profiting from killing someone.  Shows a lack of judgment - and that was also part of his reputation.  So he reinforcing all of the negative traits that were attributed to him before the trial.  Of course it will create interest.  I would like nothing more than to never hear his name again - but it seems that he is going to make that impossible.  [/quote]

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