102: The Origin of Miranda Rights & an "Ugly" Anchorwoman

Let's Go To Court!

True Crime, History, Comedy

4.8 • 4.8K Ratings

🗓️ 1 January 2020

⏱️ 108 minutes

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Summary

We all know that Miranda rights are important. They’re a staple in every episode of Law & Order. They’re a quick and concise way of making a person aware of their rights. But how did we get Miranda rights? Well, it’s complicated. And it all started with a world-class douchebag named Ernesto Miranda.

Then, Kristin tells us about anchorwoman Christine Craft. Christine was good at her job. By the time she was hired to co-anchor the evening news in Kansas City, she’d proven herself as a talented reporter and a hard worker. But Christine was no dummy. She knew that women news anchors get unfairly judged for their looks. So before she took the job in Kansas City, she told the station management that she wasn’t looking for a makeover. They assured her they were hiring her for her journalistic talent. They were full of shit.

And now for a note about our process. For each episode, Kristin reads a bunch of articles, then spits them back out in her very limited vocabulary. Brandi copies and pastes from the best sources on the web. And sometimes Wikipedia. (No shade, Wikipedia. We love you.) We owe a huge debt of gratitude to the real experts who covered these cases.

In this episode, Kristin pulled from:

“The surfing and survival of Christine Craft,” by Elisabeth Bumiller for the Washington Post

“Judging the news by appearance,” The Age
“Jury awards Christine Craft $325,000,” by Peter Kerr for The New York Times
“Once fired for appearance: Christine Craft to be anchor in Sacramento,” by Jay Sharbutt for The Los Angeles Times
The appellate court opinion on Justia.com

The book, “Waiting for Prime Time: The Women of Television News” by Marlene Sanders and Marcia Rock
“Manager: Appearance key for the TV news anchor,” United Press International

“Christine Craft” wikipedia

In this episode, Brandi pulled from:

“Miranda v. Arizona: The Crime That Changed American Justice” by Mark Gribben, The Crime Library

“Miranda v. Arizona” wikipedia.org

“Facts and Case Summary - Miranda v. Arizona” USCourts.gov

“Miranda v. Arizona” Encyclopedia Britannica

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0:00.0	May 2023 Spanish Paper 1. When each question is about to start, students will hear a beep.
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0:18.0	before you ask about La Historia or La Musica, ask them how they're doing.
0:23.0	A proper chant can ease exam stress. Britain get talking. ITV.
0:30.0	One semester of law school. One semester of criminal justice. Two experts.
0:37.0	I'm Kristen Caruso. I'm Brandy Egan. Let's go to court.
0:41.0	On this episode, I'll talk about a woman who was too old, too ugly, and not deferential to men.
0:50.0	And I'll be talking about the origin of your Miranda rights.
0:54.0	You did it. Pregnant pause there, lady.
0:56.0	I'm sorry, I didn't mean to do that.
1:02.0	What are you saying, Kristen? I meant you had like a really weird mom.
1:07.0	I don't think I know what the word deferential means.
1:10.0	Like you defer, like, whatever you say. Oh, you're smooth.
1:14.0	This is me being deferential. It's like just me kind of, what am I doing?
1:18.0	You look at your dodging. I thought you were playing dodgeball.
1:23.0	No, you know in America's next top model, how they used to be like,
1:27.0	okay, now we're doing a shoot for men. It's like this and like you push out your vision.
1:31.0	Yes.
1:32.0	And now it's for women. It's high fashion. And it's always like a super sickly weird thing
1:35.0	where you put your back into a sea. That means you're ready for vogue.
1:39.0	So you should have thought that I looked like I was ready for vogue.
1:42.0	Oh, I thought you looked like a vogue model. Yes.
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