On air: Has this become Naomi Campbell's trial?
| 14:58 UK time, Tuesday, 10 August 2010
You might get that impression looking online. The statements of Naomi Campbell, her former agent Carole White and Mia Farrow are being compared and contrasted in intricate detail - and the main question being debated on is whose testimony you believe.
How this reflects on what Charles Taylor did or didn't do doesn't appear to be of anywhere near as much interest. But is this necessarily a problem? So long as those in court pay attention to the charges laid against Charles Taylor, does it matter if others get distracted?
Are these celebrities bringing a trial to the world's attention in a way that wouldn't have been possible without them? (I know we touched on this last week.) This article argues the details of that night with Nelson Mandela . Or is the media frenzy of the past few days trivialising Charles Taylor's trial?
