Monica Lewinsky: No Matter Who The Jury Favours In The Johnny Depp-Amber Heard Trial, ‘We Are All Guilty’

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Monica Lewinsky is adding her voice to the chorus of commentators discussing the impact the Johnny Depp-Amber Heard trial is having on society and culture.

Uniquely qualified to examine how this “tawdry” trial is playing out in the public eye, Lewinsky, 48, penned an op-ed about the legal proceedings for Vanity Fair, titled, “Monica Lewinsky’s Verdict on the Johnny Depp–Amber Heard Trial: We Are All Guilty.” Lewinsky is a contributing editor for the magazine.

Declaring, that “Courtroom porn and social media have turned innocent bystanders into a mass of mudslingers,” Lewinsky focuses her gaze on the role the public has played as it has consumed coverage of the trial. READ MORE: Monica Lewinsky Doesn’t ‘Need’ An Apology From Bill Clinton: ‘He Should Want To Apologize’ The TV personality and activist says she herself has only followed the defamation trial in “bits and bytes” in an attempt to avoid exposing herself unnecessarily to triggering moments. “Don’t know what I’m talking about?

Google: 1998,” she quips. Like many, Lewinsky has primarily been seeing the trial play out through a series of clips and memes that she believes has made general consumption of news about the case (largely through social media) “biased, curated, and cursory.” By interacting with a trial she describes as a “pure car wreck” — one that is “accessible, tawdry, and immediately gratifying” — Lewinsky argues the end result is that, “We dispense with critical thinking and substitute the cheap thrill.” “Such scattershot consumption hasn’t allowed for real comprehension,” she adds. “Instead, we experience only apprehension, knee-jerk outrage, and titillation.