Assange Hearing Day 17
This isn&#x27;t some conspiracy of the MSN even though we in HN are interested in it and passionate about this. Remember, the News reports things that are new, different, unique.<p>We are not the audience of the MSN. We are not their users.<p>Here&#x27;s a way to put it into perspective: If you read any newspaper, or watch the TV news, or listen to the radio news, try to remember the last time you heard about a trial every day it was going on, about evidence for the defence and prosecution, about items of law and interviews with witnesses.<p>The vast majority of court reporting gets reported on when it ends - when the jury makes their decision or the Judge passes the sentences. A smaller number gets reports when the court case starts (and items of fact are established) and a similar number may have an occasional report in the middle when some juicy or salacious or sensational piece of evidence is revealed. A tiny number will get reported on every day and then maybe once every 5 years or so.<p>News is about what is new even when it&#x27;s of great interest to a small number of people. Day 17 of a hearing is not news to almost all news organisations.<p>----<p>Edits: I think Craig is doing amazing stuff, his blog is great and necessary to cover this hearing for us and other interested people. It&#x27;s also worrying about the entire set up and exclusion of most of public and for observers like Amnesty. I caution about falling into the trap of &quot;MSN is bad&quot;, the news just be doing news stuff. You can expect them to report on it when it ends.