Amanda Knox Essay

It is also, as previously stated, a journalist’s job to minimize harm. While that often means to treat story subjects with respect, it can be also interpreted to mean that they should look into and write the stories that will reduce the amount of damage inflicted in people’s lives overall, like their story would have done by inciting the demand to improve safety regulations in NASCAR. The journalists should have continued to try to gain access to the autopsy photos -- which they did -- so that they would have been able to act independently of what the original investigation already told them. They could have taken what NASCAR’s report said as truth, written a story about it, and published it without any issues. Yet, their decision to verify what they were they were being told is not only one of their journalistic duties, but a sign of their commitment to both their audience and high-quality journalism.

The evidence on Kimberly and Kristen was a hair was found under Kimberly’s fingernail. It didn’t match up with Dr. MacDonald and this piece of evidence was also unreported.

In journalism, an ethical dilemma is a complex issue or situation that often involves an emotional and psychological conflict between moral obligations and duties, in which to obey one would transgress the other. Within the media there are many stories that can be deemed an ethical dilemma; some more so than others. One of the most recent and prominent ethical dilemmas was the worldwide coverage surrounding the shooting of two American WBDJ journalists, Alison Parker and Adam Ward. Despite the fact that the shooter filmed the ordeal clearly showing the two slain journalists being shot, news outlets had picked it up and ran with the story, which ultimately went viral in minutes. This essay will analyse and thoroughly examine the reporting

Aileen Wuornos was a prostitute who shot to death at least seven middle-aged men that she encountered along northern and central Florida highways. Between 1989 and 1990, she murdered men that solicited her for sexual favors. Aileen Wuornos is listed as one of the country’s rare female serial killers that was put to death by lethal injection. A big question for psychologist and investigators was, “Is Aileen Wuornos a victim of a failed upbringing or is she truly a monster” (Seal, 2008)? When analyzing this case, it is clear that she was driven by her environment and psychological factors that started in her childhood.

On November 1st, 2007, Meredith Kercher was murdered with a knife in her apartment. She was found by Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito at 10 A.M. the next day. There are many sides to this case and very little evidence. Rudy Guede lived in the apartment under Kercher at the time of the murder. He claims that he was with Meredith when she was killed. They were hanging out in her apartment when he went to the bathroom and heard screams. He came out and claims he saw Sollecito and a silhouette that looked like Knox. Knox says she was with Sollecito at his house smoking marijuana the night of the murder. She later broke down saying she was at Kercher's house some of the night and then claimed otherwise the day after. Sollecito claimed that he was smoking marijuana at his house and his memory was so blurred that he doesn’t remember if Knox was with him or not. Out of everything that occured, Rudy Guede was sentenced with 16 years in prison for the murder of Meredith Kercher. The Amanda Knox case was a witch hunt against Rudy Guede, not only because of his race, but because Knox and Sollecito took the blame off themselves and put it on him.

While many may see investigative journalism as essential and an expression of our first amendment rights, when over sensationalized it can cast a dark cloud over an entire country.

Casey Anthony, or as her friends would call her, a habitual liar. Casey was always known as the party type, her friend said she “would do anything to be liked” (BIO). When Casey was nineteen her parents had noticed that she had gained some weight, but when they asked Casey about it she denied it and said she was a virgin. She finally told her parents the truth, months into her pregnancy, and on August 9th 2005 Caylee Anthony was born. In 2008 little Caylee was found dead, and Casey was found innocent. Justice was not served for Caylee Anthony, her mother is guilty.

These examples of how the media negatively impacted the Simpson murder case continued on through the most crucial parts of the case, jury selection. After the media had been talking O.J. Simpson for months and months there was a survey down of the mostly people who would believe O.J. innocent and the results came out that black women would be more likely to believe that Simpson was innocent (Linder). The ending jury pool for this case were eight out of the twelve jurors were black female. In order for anyone one be convicted there must be an unanimous decision of the twelve jurors. With those odds, O.J. Simpsons chance of receiving a fair and unbiased trial become very slim. The juror pool already greatly favored him and was a huge way why he was found not guilty even though facts suggest otherwise. Polling was done on

Over all, blood was nearly found on all her clothing except her underwear. This also indicated that her bra most likely removed after she had died. (TJMK Evidence Overview par. 16) According to Nina Burleigh’s, The Fatal Gift of Beauty, “Tests also revealed five spots of Meredith’s blood in the bathroom—on the sink, the bidet, a Q-tips box, and a drain—that prosecutors contended were mixed with not just Amanda’s blood…” (260). Three different bloody footprint sizes were also found to be at the crime scene. When technicians were asked to compare the shoeprints to the footprints found inside the house they presumed that there was print of a women’s left shoe (Messi Report). Rudy Guede’s bloody shoe print was found in the victim’s room Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito were also thought to have stayed behind during the murder to clean the

In today’s day and age, mass media has completely changed the way in which we consume news. The truthfulness of the millions of blogs and web pages makes it hard to trust what is true and what is not. Newspapers are often an overlooked form of news, which is surprising considering that it is a accurate, curated source of media. What sets newspapers apart from all the countless blogs and web pages is the set of ethics that the reporters and editors are required to follow. In State of Play Cal McCaffrey, a reporter for the Washington Globe, did not act in accordance to the code of ethics. McCaffrey knowingly broke the law whilst trespassing, clearly knew McCaffrey had a conflict of interest, and unethically recorded someone while falsely promising anonymity.

Journalist are so focused on getting a “hot” story that they forget one of the most important principles of journalism, which is the notion of objectivity. Objectivity is described, as “an objective journalist is one who is detached, neutral, impartial, and unbiased” (Knowlton 45). When Rolling Stone had Steve Coll and his crew investigate the story that was one of the first problems found in the story of the UVA campus rape. Sabrina Rubin Erdely was in search of a “college rape case that would show “what it’s like to be on campus now” (Coronel). When Erdely found a story she just went with it, she did not research enough to make sure the story was credible. From the beginning of the whole process of the story she already started off unbiased and not neutral to the true facts of the story.

The two articles do remain objective however. The stories are filled with facts and no opinions as well as no biased words or phrases. The articles stay on topic of informing the reader about the events of the night and give quotes from both victims, old family friends of the perpetrator, and family members to the perpetrator.

Knox had been at her boyfriend’s house the previous night and came home to discover that there was blood on her bathroom sink faucet. She didn’t seem to think much of the blood on the faucet. It was until she got out of the shower and saw the big stain of blood on her bathroom rug that she began to wonder who had been in her home. Eventually, she decided to check on Meredith since she had not heard from her. Knox knocked on Meredith’s bedroom door and called for her, but got no response.

It was one of the many saddest events that occurred in the history of the world. In the following paragraphs you will be reading a summary or a “movie review”, what ever might call it, about Anne Frank. At the end of the review I will write about my opinion to the movie.

Throughout Princess Diana’s lifetime she loved, cared, and helped others along the way. She had many accomplishments in life. Such as her children and her many organizations.