Monday, January 22, 2007 5:40 Eastern Time
NEW WESTMINSTER, British Columbia -- A horde of media isdescending on New Westminster, B-C for the Robert Pickton trial.
The Port Coquitlam pig farmer is being tried on six charges offirst-degree murder. A later trial will be held on 20 more murder charges. About 350 reporters, photographers and technical mediarepresentatives have been accredited to report on the trial.
Among the foreign journalists are those from the British PressAssociation, Time, Court T-V, The Economist, Germany-based A-R-Dtelevision, Axel Springer, B-B-C radio and T-V, The Washington Postand The New York Times. While that may seem like a lot, high-profile cases in the U-Shave attracted more media.
For instance, the Michael Jackson child molestation trialreportedly drew 23-hundred members of the news media while the ScottPeterson double murder trial had 870 members of the press.
The Port Coquitlam pig farmer is being tried on six charges offirst-degree murder. A later trial will be held on 20 more murder charges. About 350 reporters, photographers and technical mediarepresentatives have been accredited to report on the trial.
Among the foreign journalists are those from the British PressAssociation, Time, Court T-V, The Economist, Germany-based A-R-Dtelevision, Axel Springer, B-B-C radio and T-V, The Washington Postand The New York Times. While that may seem like a lot, high-profile cases in the U-Shave attracted more media.
For instance, the Michael Jackson child molestation trialreportedly drew 23-hundred members of the news media while the ScottPeterson double murder trial had 870 members of the press.
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