Doing justice with cameras in the courts

The chief anchor and managing editor of Court TV wrestles with fundamental questions about cameras in the courts: "Is the sole function of the courts to dispense justice between competing parties, so that any proposed measures to inform the public should be rejected if they might conceivably affect a trial! Or is opening the courts to the public a value in itself, which should be accommodated unless there is some showing that the quality of justice would be diminished?"