Trial by Media (2020)TV series

Netflix is not usually a good source for TV or movies, but Trial by Media is an exception. Each episode is a short documentary on a criminal trial with media coverage so massive that it affected the outcome. Race is a prominent factor most of the time. Along with media bias, the series shows the influence of activists — more than one episode includes  Al Sharpton — and dishonest lawyers. The lawyers shocked me more than anything else. They are unashamed about manipulating juries, playing on racial resentment, and they delight in hoodwinking average people. In episode four, about HealthSouth founder Richard Scrushy’s trial for fraud, the defendant’s black attorney smirks as he remembers telling Mr. Scrushy to start making charitable donations to black organizations...