Today is, I believe, twenty or twenty-one days since it was first reported that Caylee Anthony was missing. That means it is more than fifty days since Caylee actually went missing. For two weeks, the local media reported almost no other news; all Anthony all the time. Frankly, I share grandma Cindy Anthony’s belief that the media has been way off base. Instead of the media’s intent being to keep Caylee in the news, they are more interested in the melodrama of what’s going on with mom Casey Anthony. We hear plenty of reports about her jail conversations, but precious little about what is being done to find the missing child (who will be three years old this week).

Now, as someone who has been following this case as presented by the media, I personally believe young Caylee is not in this world. However, I hope I am wrong and hope for the safe return of this child to her family. I think the media has the focus completely wrong. They need to do less of what Casey is talking about to her jail-house visitors and more about finding Caylee and keeping Caylee’s picture on the television.

That being said, we took a ride past the grandparent’s residence this afternoon. I wanted to see the media circus, to see if it is still prevalent, nineteen or twenty days after the story broke.

In 2000-2001, sherlock and I rented a house not three blocks away from the Anthony residence. We know this neighborhood and I, for one, really miss the house and neighborhood. We had hoped to be able to buy the house, but the owner was only interested in renting. It’s a great neighborhood. It was disconcerting, then, to see the circus in town:

This is the view from one end of the street. You can see the tent set up by the media so that they can be in the shade and protected from rain while pointing their cameras across the street at the Anthony residence.

These two are taken from the other end of the street.

It just seems so intrusive to have so many media vans staking a claim in this peaceful, beautiful neighborhood.

(yes, I recognize that I’m guilty of the same thing I just complained about, and I felt more than a little awkward taking the pictures of the media. However, I justified it by telling myself I was only taking pictures of the media vehicles, and made an effort not to photograph the Anthony residence.)

Updated: I’m watching channel 9 (the news is not yet on for some reason on WESH), and they’re reporting from in front of the Anthony residence. And the text on the screen lists the street name the Anthony’s live on. I think that’s so wrong. Granted, it’s super easy to find their address online, but I think it is so wrong to list the street name on television. Honestly, you’re just encouraging people **cough**like me**cough** to drive through their neighborhood and gawk.

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