NYT PR POST Hate talk DRAFT
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This is why Candace Dempsey’s talk of “guilters” and “haters” rings hollow to anyone who has taken the time to see what the core members of AK’s support squad are up to and what they actively encourage online, beginning with Candace Dempsey herself. Her PI reader blog was the depository of choice for much of the hatred and harassment directed toward the Kerchers from very early on. Does anyone remember Kelly 13, who on Dempsey’s blog told the Kerchers they needed to set aside their grief and support Amanda Knox?* The comments section on Frank Sforza’s blog opened its hateful arms to Meredith Kercher bashers and online stalkers who turned out to be closely affiliated with Knox’s stepfather (according to him in his prison chats with AK, though he denied it elsewhere). Candace Dempsey is always quick to condemn anonymous “guilters” who, she says, have harassed her, but she has never once criticized the hatred her allies direct toward anyone who expresses a thought they disagree with. Bruce Fischer has used twitter to bully college students for making comments about Knox, and Michelle Moore has used twitter and other venues to harass and taunt the Kerchers, especially Meredith’s brother John, in the mistaken belief he is The Machine. Fischer and Moore are core members of Candace’s team and yet she never mentions their offenses. It is only fair that journalists who interview someone like Candace about harassment and intimidation either ask her about AK’s supporters and their hatred for Meredith Kercher, not to mention their efforts to intimidate her supporters, or, for the sake of balance, ask people on the other side about the harassment they have endured.
*Given Candace Dempsey’s leading role in the ongoing campaign against the Kercher family and their attorney, it is not at all surprising that the Kerchers will have nothing to do with her. Long-time observers of the case may remember Candace’s first trip to Italy for the first instance trial, where she and she alone - apparently out of ignorance - followed behind the Kerchers with her camera, trying to film them, and was caught on camera by another member of the press, who was documenting their arrival from an appropriate distance. Not one of Dempsey’s finer moments, to say the least.
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