I love
this - it reveals so much about tabloid journalism:
The Daily Mail made Twitter headlines for all the wrong reasons this morning, after incorrectly reporting Knox had lost her high-profile appeal and would remain in jail.
[...] It read: "As Knox realised the enormity of what Judge Hellman was saying, she sank into her chair sobbing uncontrollably while her family and friend hugged each other in tears."
The website even managed to find "sources" to comment on the false verdict.
"Prosecutors were delighted with the verdict and said that 'justice has been done'," the Mail reported, "although they said on a 'human factor it was sad two young people would be spending years in jail'."
I wonder if any of the Daily Mail reporters dreamed of being crime novelists when they grew up.
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