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That's what
Jack Shafer says. His reading of the mainstream coverage of the Ramsey case is this: "When the press behaved in an amateurish fashion, it was generally because they were relying on amateurish investigation by the police and prosecutor. As the press came to realize authorities were doofuses, over their heads and out of control, coverage became sharper and more skeptical."
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Paul Brownfield: "As quickly as it had cast suspicion on the parents 10 years ago, cable news quickly set about trying and convicting [suspect
John Mark] Karr."
(Los Angeles Times)
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Is the press suggesting too early that Karr is guilty? (E&P)
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Ostrow: "Certain media outposts got ahead of the story" (Denver Post)
