Mass Media Pass Applications Though All Or Part Of Trial Could Be Closed
Bars around Perugia will really be working overtime. Tom Kington reports:
Court officials in the university town said that 130 newspapers and TV stations from around the world had applied for press passes to the trial of Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito.
More than 250 witnesses are expected to be called and the jury will hear the testimony of 20 investigators and dozens of forensic, genetic and computer experts.
The general expectation though seems to be that all the credentialed press will be seated in a separate room, facing TV monitors, and that when there is raw testimony, Judge Massei will order that the cameras be switched off.
To be fair to them, many of the reporters that we read regularly have a history of filing superb stories on other matters they alone investigated. They can feel a real discomfort at being part of a pack.
A public relations campaign designed to drive these huge numbers may not prove to have been such a smart move in the long run.
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