Why is the US media attempting to discredit

[malaise]

the Italian courts before a verdict is handed down in this Amanda Knox murder trial. WTF is this about?

[vadawg]

1. kinda like in sports, rooting for the same side so to speak...

[enlightenment]

2. Because it's a pretty young American girl who stands accused.

So the Italians must have railroaded her.

[unabelladonna]

3. knox has cold, cold eyes

i know this isn'tevidence of guilt, but...i read about this case only yesterday, but i get the feeling she is very guilty( IMO )

[malaise]

6. Only evidence counts here

not her eyes

[chelsea0011]

4. A jury and judge will make the verdict and unlike the US courts

the jury is allowed to deliberate while the trial is ongoing. At least that is what I heard on the news. It will be interesting to hear talking heads if she is found guilty. No one will probably have any idea of testimony and evidence in the case but will all have an opinion. I'm hoping for not guilty just to avoid the media assault that will happen if she is found guilty.

[malaise]

5. The verdict will be announced any time now n/t

[vadawg]

8. rofl im hoping that if she did it and the evidence says so that shes found guilty

and that if she didnt then she is found innocent...

[chelsea0011]

10. Not me. I don't think I could stand week after week listening to people

talking about nothing they know of. I take the position people beat the rap alot and maybe this would be a good time for it. LOL

[vadawg]

11. sorry but if she killed the other girl then she needs to go away. :)

lol cant believe you would want a murdress to go free when you can just change the channel :)

[chelsea0011]

14. 3..2...1....Talking heads on trashing the Italian system of justice.

By the end of next week, Obama will be forced to comment on this miscarriage of justice. You see, I'm not really pretending I know either way what happened. All I know is what would happen if she were found guilty. Endless weeks of droning about wheather or not she should have been found quilty. I know nothing of this trial any more than what I know of the many trials going on right now across the country. But the media will latch onto this one and once again drive a story that goes on day in and day out in the this country with no media. And it takes away from the important stroies they should be covering.

[malaise]

20. 100% correct

Here we go - Tiger and the party crashers end their nine day wonder.

[malaise]

13. Guilty

26 years in prison.

[Arctic Dave]

7. We are Americans. We would never murder anyone.

[spanone]

9. all you have to say is 'u.s. media' it is totally fucked up....ala tiger woods.

[malaise]

12. Knots found guilty - sentenced to 26 years in prison

Here we go - M$Greedia has its story.

[spanone]

18. geez....

[Junkdrawer]

15. Last month, they found the US CIA guilty of kidnapping...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x7157577

[malaise]

16. Timely reminder

Thanks

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

17. She's a young white woman.

Remember the au pair case? Young white woman shakes a baby to death, she cries when the verdict is read, so the judge lets her off?

[goldcanyonaz]

21. She's a young American women.

The judicial process is much different there than it is in America.

The jury in Italy consists of 6 layman and 2 judges who are NOT sequestered, meaning they are able to read, research and follow the case on the news.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

22. Yeah, I know, you keep repeating that in every single thread.

[goldcanyonaz]

23. LOL!

[goldcanyonaz]

19. Because she is an American being tried in a foreign country and the court system is much different

there than it is in America.

[Igel]

25. You left out another point.

There's no political reason to be in favor of conviction.

With the CIA agents the Italian court system was held up as a paragon of objectivity and virtue fighting against those who would thwart traditional American values going back at least to the reporters' college days.

Wasn't there a NYT op-ed piece today on how bad "selective empathy" is?

[spoony]

24. They may have some motives of their own

but the case doesn't seem kosher after reading:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x7157514

[Mr. Sparkle]

26. I noticed that too, i thought CNN was quite pathetic today. n/t