I actually felt bad for the good Dr. His staff let him down with not having backup information with some of Cindy’s answers. She made statements that could have been challenged if Dr Phil’s producers did their homework. The only thing that was accomplished was letting the Anthony’s dig a deeper hole for themselves. Dr Phil tried to make it clear that they Anthony’s were not being paid for the interview but failed to mention anything about the network or his show paying for any licensing of pictures used. It really bothered me that a donation to a new foundation would take place. Why didn’t Dr Phil review on air the first foundation created and where the money went? The claim that the Anthony’s will not be officers of the new foundation is a joke. Simple forms can be filled out after funds are donated and George & Cindy could end up being officers of the corporation. I continue to be suspicious because they continue to lie, based on prior interviews and depositions. I would have more respect if ratings would have been mentioned along with the interviewing the Anthony’s. Networks continue to insult the intelligence of the viewers.

As I watched the Dr. Phil interview of Cindy and George Anthony, my heart was just breaking for both of them. Each time they spoke of their little granddaughter, Caylee, their pain was so obvious to me. They have suffered as few of us have. Yet, they are working in a positive way to turn their tragic personal milestone into a source of help for others. No family is perfect but neither are they exploited like this family has been.
For those who have left unkind comments, I believe they must be young, immature, uninformed or unable to empathize as they inflict more pain on this couple by making judgements with their thoughtless, caustic opinions. The media especially needs to be included in this group as they knowingly or unknowingly influence many whose mental abilities are weak. Until these people are involved in a painful situation themselves, they can’t understand there are “words that hurt and words that heal.” Please– let’s all try to be more like the traveler who stopped to help the man who was beaten and lay dying by the side of the road instead of the rich men who passed him by showing only contempt for him and his delemma. We have no way of knowing when the tables will turn.