--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "ShempMcGurk" <shempmcg...@...> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > I don't know who Amanda Knox is and don't care. > > > > Most Europeans I know wouldn't know or care, either. > > > > > Interesting. > > Most media accounts I've read or seen here specifically said that the Amanda > Knox case was gripping all of Europe. > > Anther thing they got wrong, I suppose.
Fascination with sensational crime stories is a universal human trait. The "evil outsider" committing a crime is an Italian archetype perhaps more than in other countries. And 'outsider" can mean from the next valley over. > > > > > To be honest, if you had asked me this question a week > > ago, I would have said that I simply don't understand > > Americans' fascination with media-fueled "crime stories." > > > > But now I've been stuck in my hotel room for extended > > periods of time waiting for conference calls with only > > my TV and remote control to amuse me, and I understand > > better. The programming on American TV is so bad that > > the crime stories on the news are often more entertain- > > ing. :-) > > > > The worst so far is "Bad Girls Club," which seems to > > be what they call a "reality show" in which they pit > > seven or eight megabitches against each other for > > several days to see who can dirty-trick the others > > out of the running for Big Bitch. Horrific. > > > > I must admit to not having discovered anything I wasn't > > watching already that I feel like continuing to watch. > > I did watch a few more old episodes of "Bones," and > > have come to like Zooey Deschanel's sister Emily. Not > > enough to keep watching the series, but she seems to > > be a better actress than Zooey. And they could easily > > both be TM meditators, so that may even reduces my > > "anti-TM quotient." > > > > Since my friends here can't get together with me until > > 10:00 tonight, I'm looking forward to watching the > > resuming series "Fastforward" to see whether they'll be > > able to come up with anything interesting. > > > > But I haven't been able to make it through more than 2 > > or 3 minutes of *any* news show. Enough to realize that > > FOX is even more over-the-top than I thought it was, and > > that sadly most of the others aren't that far behind. So > > I'm really not the person to ask about some news story > > personality. > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "ShempMcGurk" <shempmcgurk@> wrote: > > > > > > The following is from amazon.com's product description of the book "Angel > > > Face: the true story of student killer Amanda Knox": > > > > > > " Despite all the airtime devoted to Amanda Knox, it's still hard to > > > reconcile the fresh-faced honor student from Seattle with the sexually > > > rapacious killer convicted of the November 2007 murder of her British > > > roommate. Few Americans have heard all of the powerful evidence that > > > convinced a jury that Knox was one of three people to sexually assault > > > Meredith Kercher, brutalize her body, and cut her throat. In Angel Face, > > > Rome-based Daily Beast senior writer Barbie Latza Nadeau who cultivated > > > personal relationships with the key figures in both the prosecution and > > > the defense describes how the Knox family's heavy-handed efforts to > > > control media coverage distorted the facts, inflamed an American > > > audience, and painted an offensive, inaccurate picture of Italy's justice > > > system. An eye-opener for any parent considering sending a child away to > > > study, Angel Face reveals what really went on in this incomprehensible > > > crime." > > > > > > I certainly was hoodwinked by several American news magazine stories > > > (like 20/20 and Dateline) into believing that Knox was innocent. But > > > after reading several blogs to the contrary, I believe she's quite guilty. > > > > > > Barry, are you aware of this case and, if so, can you give us Europe's > > > reaction to it? > > > > > >
