The Daily Mail published an erroneous news story
claiming that Amanda Knox's murder conviction
was upheld on Monday. On Monday, Knox, an American student, was found
not guilty of murdering her British roommate Meredith Kercher. She
successfully
appealed the 2009 conviction after spending the
past four years in jail, and will be freed from
prison. The judge began by finding her guilty of
defamation, before announcing that the other
parts of her conviction would be overturned. British blogger Malcolm
Coles caught the Daily Mail's huge error, writing, "I'm not sure it
can get more embarrassing than this for a news site."
According to Coles, the newspaper jumped the
gun, publishing its pre-written story as soon as
the judge deemed Knox guilty for defamation. The British tabloid
published the story with the headline "Guilty: Amanda Knox looks
stunned as
appeal against murder conviction is rejected." It
incorrectly described in its lede, "Amanda Knox
looked stunned this evening as she dramatically
lost her prison appeal against her murder
conviction." It also incorrectly described the case's prosecutors as
being "'delighted with the verdict" and
having said that "'justice has been done' although they said on a
'human factor it was sad
two young people would be spending years in jail.'" The paper went on
to say that Knox and
fellow defendant Raffaele Sollecito would be returning to prison,
where they would be on
suicide watch for the next few days. It was not clear how the Mail
obtained these quotes. The article has since been replaced with a
correct account. Coles noted that Sky News and the Guardian also
incorrectly claimed that Knox had been found guilty. One of the
Guardian's live updates had said Knox lost the appeal without
specifying that she lost on just the defamation charge. The paper has
since added clarification. PHOTO (via Malcolm Coles): Anderson Cooper:
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bonhamjb 41 minutes ago (1:29 AM) and 'DEWEY DEFEATS TRUMAN' HUFFPOST
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45 minutes ago (1:25 AM) Doesn't Murdoch own this too? FreeSpeech4All
48 minutes ago (1:22 AM) News reporting has gone downhill in recent
years. Now they have sunk to a new low by
pre-writing stories with patently false information before an event
actually occurs. Do us all
a favor and get out of the business before there's absolutely no
credibility left. HUFFPOST SUPER USER jesocr 59 minutes ago (1:11 AM)
What hacks. HUFFPOST SUPER USER twin1616 Vote against your wallet.
Vote Republican. 1 hour ago (12:57 AM) Now I guess we can add Italy to
the "Only in America" saying. mrshep 2 hours ago (12:14 AM) I am not
surprised at the paper making that error, just surprised it wasn't fox
news. eltito 2 hours ago (12:09 AM) the Brits did it, they can never
get it right, look at their soccer national team....they suck! ny1989
2 hours ago (11:42 PM) DEWEY DEFEATS TRUMAN Blakjak572 3 hours ago
(11:10 PM) I hope we are not surprised. In America, Fox News makes up
stories everyday, complete
with stats, "sources deep with________", experts to discuss the lies.
Sad thing here is half of
America know their lying and the other half considers them the most trusted news
network. sorianooncubs 2 hours ago (11:59 PM) and somehow Fox News
gets trashed for this Jackie Taylor 2 hours ago (12:17 AM) Name just
one story Fox has made up.......just one! userjoe1020 1 hour ago (1:04
AM) You can't. They made up them ALL!!!!!! Billie Burns 49 minutes ago
(1:21 AM) How about the many times they have ran with clips put forth
by Breitbart
and his merry pranksters without further investigating? Billie Burns
47 minutes ago (1:23 AM) How about when fox runs a story based off of
what a blogger wrote
without fact checking? Like Mi Familia Vota and 'shady' voter
registration? Billie Burns 43 minutes ago (1:27 AM) How about last
year when fox was pushing people to attend anti-health-
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footage of a different protest held months prior to the one in
question? Jackie Taylor 2 hours ago (12:20 AM) Bet you can;t name one
story made up. jerexrode 53 minutes ago (1:17 AM) Fox News reports
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ACORN for a response to the claim. Billie Burns 41 minutes ago (1:29
AM) You are right, I can't name just one. FormerlyTCnSRQ 3 hours ago
(10:58 PM) the Brit papers seem to be having all sorts of trouble
lately ThinkCreeps Seriously, it's time. 3 hours ago (10:51 PM) The
Daily Mail. Big web presence. Not so big on facts. stillmanbd Hmmm 3
hours ago (10:49 PM) Biased Journalism - DEFINITELY - Credibility -
DEFINITELY NOT! HUFFPOST SUPER USER DMSmith 4 hours ago (10:38 PM)
Notice this is a common practice. In other words, the news we get fed
is ALWAYS pre-
written based on assumptions. They had two stories ready and published
the wrong one.
However, even the 'correct' one would have also been based on
assumptions and pre-
determined statements.
MOST ALL of our news is produced this way. Which means we NEVER get
the actual truth of
a situation reported to us. Note that they described her reaction - in
advance. Think about what that means. Scary, eh? staylor422 4 hours
ago (10:32 PM) gasph! not that angel face. Free Amanda. gwyyyyn 4
hours ago (10:31 PM) I'm so happy she was released, absolutely insane
how the DM blatantly made those quotes
up and lied. I usually read the DM, but now I'm going to stop, that's
really stupid. Knox
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