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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Roy Greenslade

Gawker knocks Brit tabloids for its Knox coverage

Gawker, the US site that has upset celebrities with its stalker feature, is clearly unimpressed with what it calls "stalkery UK newspapers" - namely, the Daily Mirror and Daily Mail.

It takes a sarcastic look at the way the papers carried stories about Amanda Knox four weeks after she was released from an Italian jail after being cleared of killing Meredith Kercher (Mirror here and Mail here).

Gawker points to the phrases that betray the papers' negative view of the woman they persist in calling "Foxy Knoxy" and accuses them of battening on to weird fantasy stories.

It comments: "Maybe it's time for the British papers to let this gal get on with her life?

"Totally understand that Kercher was British and that her family still believes Knox was involved in her death and all, but a) she was acquitted, and b) her life these days simply isn't that extraordinary...

"If you were a saucy reporter covering such activities, wouldn't you be bored by all the Knoxian Knormalcy by now?"

Sources: Gawker/ABC

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