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  1. Nov 2021
    1. We further tested whether these patterns were a misleading byproduct of demographic factors. For example, people who largely get their news from Facebook might be younger and hence less likely to be vaccinated, independent of their news consumption.

      This is another overgeneralized claim. Making broad statements like this, cuts the articles credibility. To say that there were further tests and not include the results, experimental information and data analytics. By this point in the article, things start to sound extremely coerced. When thinking of it deeper and doing research, certain press companies are funded and have paid partnerships with political organizations. This makes me want to do a further investigation and test if the Washington Post is financially backed by maybe political Pacs or Biden's administration. The lack of credibility in the article makes readers question these things.

    2. People who rely on Facebook are less likely to say they’ve been vaccinated

      This piece of information is very interesting. Let's break this down from an analytical point of view. This claim is overgeneralized and broad. It says that people who rely facebook are less likely to say the've been vaccinated. First, people who rely on Facebook for information are not always self aware that they are relying on the site for important info. When people are asked where they get their news, they might say a place where they see news often, but this may not be why they are making decisions for or against a vaccine that is fairly new to the entire world. A great question that counteracts this set of data is, for people who do not have access to social media, lets say, third world countries, why are they hesitant to get the vaccine? There is a large amount of vaccine hesitancy coming from African countries where people don't have reliable access to internet.

  2. Oct 2021
    1. The world is not filled with monsters and heroes; it’s filled with people, and people are extraordinarily complex. That includes Tom McCarthy and Matt Damon. I’m sure they had no ill intent. That, too, matters.
      • Even if this story only represents one facet of Knox's perspective on this matter, I am deeply inspired by her thoughts and reasoning around this event.
      • To me, situations like this, where the media has effectively created a monster, and the public has rallied around demonizing that figure, indicated a larger community problem.
      • That the media lacked ethics, still uses inaccurate language, and fails to uphold journalistic standards when reporting about Knox is one aspect of the issue, but on the other hand what Knox, Monroe, Markle, Diana, and Spears all have in common is the rabid public that was more than happy to demonize these young women for their perceived failures and sexuality.
      • The media made the news, but the general population consumed it, created the steady demand for more information.
      • Especially with the popularity of crime podcasts and other gossip rag quality podcasts rising in mainstream entertainment right now, the same ideologies that have haunted Knox are being rebranded and continuing today.
    2. My name, my face, my story have effectively entered the public imagination. I am legally considered a public figure, and that leaves me little recourse to combat depictions of me that are harmful and untrue, and gives carte blanche to anyone who wants to write about me to do so without consulting me in any way.

      Is this how companies can produce shows and what not about Marilyn Monroe, and Princess Diana? How is the legal rights of a 'public figure' decided when that person has never willingly been a public figure? Those who are in the Royal family are public figures, and there are ceremonies, and official meetings declaring them public figures. Similarly, actresses, government officials, and performers all make the decision to pursue fame.

      I hope that there is some action, some change, in the way public figures are covered and the manner in which the public consumes this material to protect more people from being left living with their media appointed doppelganger.

    3. I had been acquitted in a court of law, but sentenced to life by the court of public opinion as, if not a killer, then at least a slut, or a nutcase, or a tabloid celebrity.

      I knew nothing about Amanda Knox before this article. I went and read her interview with NYT by Jessica Bennett for further background information before coming back to this story by Knox.

      I would agree that she characterizes the scrutiny from the media accurately. Especially in light of Monica Lewinsky, Britney Spears, and now Meghan Markle, Amanda Knox's story although a different topic, is the same story of the press villainizing a young woman and slandering her name to the point of infamy.

    4. As I walked back into the free world, I knew that my doppelgänger was there alongside me. I knew that everyone I would ever meet from then on would have already met, and judged, her. I had been acquitted in a court of law, but sentenced to life by the court of public opinion as, if not a killer, then at least a slut, or a nutcase, or a tabloid celebrity. Why doesn’t she just go away already? Her 15 minutes are over.

      This is an interesting piece. Knox refers to herself as a doppelganger, or atleast the part of herself that was accused and went through this experience. She has detached from herself in this moment and is now almost experiencing herself in third person. This seems to be an effect of making it into media by way of negative experience. In researching the origin of the word used, I discovered that Doppelgänger is a German word and oddly enough there are more Italians in Germany than any other country. This gives this metaphor a deeper meaning for me. Knox's mindset at this time is that her identity has detached from who she really is. She believes that this version of her will be recognized forever, which is interesting because I have never heard of her before this.

    5. I am the American girl in that story, and if the Italian authorities had been more competent, I would have been nothing more than a footnote in a tragic story. But as in many wrongful convictions, the authorities formed a theory before the forensic evidence came in, and when that evidence indicated a sole perpetrator, Guede, ego and reputation led them to contort their theory to maintain that I was still somehow involved. Guede was quietly convicted for participating in the murder in a separate fast-track trial, and then I became the main event for eight long years.

      In this part of the article, I was prompted to research the basic history between Italians and Americans.

      In reading this part of her story I asked myself if there was some biased or racism against Americans in general that may have led to Italian authorities overlooking the actuality of Amanda Knox's involvement with her roommates death.

      It made me wonder if this story was a part of a larger political issue.