Perhaps one had to be there to answer that question, since the judge barred cameras in the trial of Donald Trump in Manhattan. Instead, we have to rely on mainstream media outlets to cover the goings-on and trust them not to spin it. On occasion, some of these reports manage to capture the most shocking developments and provide reliable analyses, but more often we get generalized 30,000-foot overviews.
Independent voices of authoritative weight occasionally emerge, such as Alan Dershowitz, who had a literal front-row seat to Judge Juan Merchan’s meltdown over Bob Costello’s alleged “side eye” on Monday. After I wrote about his discussion about Merchan on “Hannity,” Dershowitz wrote out his observations, some of which we’ll discuss shortly. He did offer a warning about the media coverage on his Substack late yesterday, calling it both insufficient and biased:
The public should have…
