Tonight while working on a razor I was watching the ending testimony of the Jodi Arias trial and was struck by the similarities in TV coverage of the O.J. Simpson and Casey Anthony trials.

The TV hosts want a guilty verdict and throughout their coverage incite the viewers to want the same thing.

Then the verdict is not guilty.

Then the TV hosts cry foul and take calls from viewers who want to vent.

I think the combination of leading viewers to want a guilty verdict and not getting it is precisely what the TV network wants for ratings purposes.

What I'm beginning to wonder is if this coverage somehow influences the outcome because it has become so predictable.