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Guide For Smart Media: Note Extensive Hard Evidence In Exceptionally Fair, Careful Legal Process	[Accurate Italian media recreation of attack based on masses of closed court evidence 2009] Vital media history in 2009 In Italy and Europe generally the guilt of the two is almost universally perceived. One reason is that although about 1/4 of the trial in 2009 was behind closed doors (quite…	Media Watcher	02/03/14	29	02/07/14
How Did The Knox-Mellases Engineer Their PR And Legal Shortfall? David Marriott Analysed	David Marriott in Kermit’s Powerpoint Real Railroad to Hell with paid sleuth Paul Ciolino ‘In 2011, David Marriott was a proud and happy man. His client, Amanda Knox, was home, and he was basking in the media attention for having successfully engineered, many people thought, a full and outright acquittal.…	Media Watcher	10/03/13	26	10/04/13
Questions For Knox: Diane Sawyer, How To Push Back Against Book’s False Claims And Emotion	Dear Diane Sawyer: Much of Italy and the UK and US will be curious to see how this interview works out on the ABC network on 30 April. The extreme overkill of spin and false claims have not worked well for Knox lately. Now twin developments (the blunt and categoric…	Media Watcher	04/12/13	35	05/01/13
Getting Media Up To Speed With Hard Facts Of Complex Case	[Above: Harvard “superlawyer” Alan Dershowitz, who conceded yesterday that there IS a strong case] Getting Back On The Rails In the United States, with few exceptions, the media has generally accepted the spin from the defense team. As a consequence, much of the reporting has been shallow and/or wildly inaccurate.…	Media Watcher	03/27/13	99	04/04/13
Kane Hall Book Promotion: Interviewer And Sollecito Panderer Dennis Bounds Drops The Ball Terribly	[Above: Amanda Knox’s mother and sister are to the right in the back row in white and red sweaters] Sales statistics show that Sollecito’s book is selling terribly and light-years from recouping costs. Tonight’s public interview showed one good reason why. A small mostly elderly entirely white crowd in Kane…	Media Watcher	09/26/12	18	10/17/12
Excellent New Report From Italy In The Latest Newsweek	Click above for the story by Rome-based Barbie Nadeau. The best so far on the Meredith v Knox focus that we are here to re-balance. Newsweek has now set us up with a real challenge, it seems. By the way, Newsweek has emerged as a real powerhouse of a news…	Media Watcher	01/01/09	7	09/26/16