Psychology Today, February 21, 2010 by John D. Mayer
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-personality-analyst/201002/libel-in-fact-magazine-instructions-the-jury
Professor MacCoun and others have examined the nature of media coverage of legal issues. Although they did not study cases of libel in specific, in other areas of the law they found that media reports tend to emphasize trials that are sensational and give rise to controversial verdicts.