Some courts allow video cameras. Some allow only audio recording. Some allow only official transcripts (we’ve all seen press reports using lame readings of transcripts, illustrated with slapdash paintings of courtroom scenes). This sort of thing drives the press *bonkers.* Not being able to report on anything even remotely newsworthy just makes some reporters lose their minds. However, sometimes, rather than flailing wildly, sometimes the press uses what passes for their brains and comes up with pure awesomeness. Such is the case of former county commissioner Jimmy Dimora, on trial in Akron, Ohio, on corruption charges.
All the local press has to work with is transcripts. But rather than watercolor paintings… “Channel 19 Action News” is re-enacting courtroom scenes with puppets.
Awesome. AWESOME.
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