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Amanda Knox homecoming coverage

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searadiofreak

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Wow, only CNN covered this live. Fox, MSNBC, and HLN chose to run regular programming. I understand O'Reilly and perhaps MSNBC tape their 8pm EDT shows early, but still...that these networks believe their star shows, (mainly talking about Fox here) are more important than dramatic breaking news is just sad. Fox, MSNBC, and perhaps HLN lose this one. (I say perhaps HLN, because they obviously are a CNN sister, and perhaps the thought was to split the coverage)

That being said, this is what I like about CNN. They do "breaking" better than anyone else. No contest.
 
Or maybe they realized that Knox returning to the US wasn't breaking news that they absolutely had to cover live.
 
mescutia said:
Or maybe they realized that Knox returning to the US wasn't breaking news that they absolutely had to cover live.
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Disagree. This story is absolutely huge, if you have not been paying attention. Not only in the U.S, but internationally.
I'm not saying I agree it should be huge, I am just saying it IS huge. And CNN got it right, as they usually do.
 
Well, KOMO/KING/KIRO were covering the Amanda Knox segment of the homecoming assembly live, kudos to them. What's interesting is that KOMO was carrying it more "live" than the others, the higher you jump on the channel lineup, the more lagging on the coverage (i.e. KIRO was behind by about 5 sec. from KOMO). JEERS to KCPQ for NOT covering the Amanda segment live. They wanted to run a segment about the Seattle school board. Disgraceful. The only segment I saw was John Hopperstad (sp? Reporter and weekend anchor) with a live report right before the press conference started around 5:30. Worse, KCPQ delayed the "Live" broadcast several seconds behind KIRO.

-crainbebo
 
I fail to see why she has suddenly become a national hero.

Are we that sure she was not in some way an accomplice? Or are we just celebrating that she got away with it..............(i.e. O.J., Casey Anthony).

Same thing about the hiking idiots in Iran. They are now not idiots but heroes........go figure.

Now they will all make books and movies and get rich............off of nothing. I sure won't be
buying or watching.
 
It isn't about whether or not she is guilty or not. It is about the story. This has become huge, and witnessed by the media around Sea-Tac this evening. The story is more important than the outcome. Please! Get real, this is what our media has become, like it or not. A story is more important than reality, and this is what motivates media. This is our reality in 2011.
 
^if thats the case then it may be a good thing everyone did not cover it.change for the good starts someplace.
 
crainbebo said:
Well, KOMO/KING/KIRO were covering the Amanda Knox segment of the homecoming assembly live, kudos to them. What's interesting is that KOMO was carrying it more "live" than the others, the higher you jump on the channel lineup, the more lagging on the coverage (i.e. KIRO was behind by about 5 sec. from KOMO). JEERS to KCPQ for NOT covering the Amanda segment live. They wanted to run a segment about the Seattle school board. Disgraceful. The only segment I saw was John Hopperstad (sp? Reporter and weekend anchor) with a live report right before the press conference started around 5:30. Worse, KCPQ delayed the "Live" broadcast several seconds behind KIRO.-crainbebo
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Am I reading this right? We're now complaining because some stations apparently had a "profanity delay"? ::)
 
BMR said:
Well the British media have thoroughly disgraced themselves over this, IMHO.

For example this show, running yesterday on channel five http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...apologise-crass-debate.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

and the BBC too have behaved in a way they wouldn't dare if the case had been heard in a British court, implying here http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-15157384 that this is a political decision (point 10)
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I saw the article on this and its nothing more than the UK version of using the Nancy Grace HLN tactics.
 
gregg75 said:
I fail to see why she has suddenly become a national hero.

Are we that sure she was not in some way an accomplice? Or are we just celebrating that she got away with it..............(i.e. O.J., Casey Anthony).

Same thing about the hiking idiots in Iran. They are now not idiots but heroes........go figure.

Now they will all make books and movies and get rich............off of nothing. I sure won't be
buying or watching.
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Who said Amanda is a "hero?" Nobody I've heard. She's just an attractive young woman most Americans can identify with who likely suffered a miscarriage of justice.

From what I've heard, defending her has caused a huge strain on her family's finances, so I think it's understandable if the Knox's decide to make some money off the story. I bet she'd trade that money to get her 4 years back.
 
Well all this coverage you'd think she just got back from the moon.

I'm sure others have been released from foreign jails, who were incarcerated longer
than she was, better looking than she is..............we just never heard about them.

Probably because their lover didn't kill a room mate and they didn't claim I saw
and heard nothing and I'm a total angel.
 
if i understand the story right didn`t she claim someone else did the crime knowing that it was false?if so she can`t be that innocent.
 
I started this thread not to retry Amanda, but to comment on the media coverage of her homecoming.

Her emotional arrival in Seattle was only covered by CNN, which I find somewhat surprising. But it reinforces my view that CNN is the best at breaking news coverage, far and away.

The questions about what she will do with this media interest are fair and important. On one hand, the family wants to lay low and sort it all out which is understandable, but on the other hand, the family is in deep debt fighting this, and if they don't strike while the iron is hot, then they may lose out. This is the really media story in my mind. And it is one that really has no right answer.
 
my point is if the frame attempt is the case she should not get financal reward from money for a book, appearences on tv and radio and such.
 
flashback said:
my point is if the frame attempt is the case she should not get financal reward from money for a book, appearences on tv and radio and such.
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I'm not sure I understand what you're trying to say. Do you mean that because she may have been "framed," she should not make any money off her story?

That doesn't follow. Some states prevent those found guilty from profiting from crimes they were convicted of, but given that Knox was exonerated, there is nothing - legally or morally speaking - to prevent her from making money from her story.

Besides, the crime happened in Italy, not in the US, and I doubt there's any international sanction against making money off such a story.
 
im talking about the frame job she was found guilty of and is still un-aquitted for.

it may not be a legal opinion since it was in italy.the thing is it is a sign on how messed we are on who we make celeberties and how morally wrong it would be to financally reward someone who at the least tried to frame someone for a murder.
 
Lkeller said:
From what I've heard, defending her has caused a huge strain on her family's finances, so I think it's understandable if the Knox's decide to make some money off the story. I bet she'd trade that money to get her 4 years back.
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I'm not on top of the entire story, but I read an article saying Knox's parents and grandparents put second mortgages on the homes to finance Amanda's defense. Also there was at least 1 family member in Italy for the entire 4 year ordeal.
 
searadiofreak said:
Wow, only CNN covered this live. Fox, MSNBC, and HLN chose to run regular programming.
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Where are you getting information that MSNBC didn't air her (Brief) statement LIVE ???

I was watching MSNBC & THEY WENT LIVE as soon as she stepped up to the mics. Afterwards, they went back to The Last Word With Lawrence O'Donnell with Chris Hayes as host

Cheers & 73 :D
 
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