If reporters were in the courtroom to cover it, that means they thought that it would have been interesting, but only if Luckey had lost. This is fine if you see news as only entertainment. But if you expect news to be informative, then this kind of publication bias is presenting to you a warped version of the world and pretending that it's the truth.

See also how everyone believes crime is getting worse due to increasing news coverage, when the statistics say crime is decreasing.