Monica Guzman at the P-I's Big Blog has been on a roll lately. She was the first blogger to pick up on the online accusatory fever over Amanda Knox in the now-notorious Perugia, Italy, murder case. Now she's on to another one. This time it's the instant Facebook celebrity of Jocelyn Kirsch, who is accused, along with her Snohomish County-raised boyfriend, of scamming their neighbors to the tune of over $100,000 to fund a lavish lifestyle of expensive gifts, vacations, and valuables. Somebody call King World! Let's get those photos of the couple, in criminal delicto, out there for the world to see, stat. As Guzman points out, first in the Knox case and now with Kirsch, Facebook is the prime gathering spot for reporters, gossips, and general tabloid-trackers. It's not just the plethora of pictures and information that hits the site, it's the snapped-together quality of the packaging. In Seattle, we first saw this happen in a much less deliberate way, with the 2006 tragedy of
The online public eye on crime
Monica Guzman at the P-I's Big Blog has been on a roll lately. She was the first blogger to pick up on the online accusatory fever over Amanda Knox in the now-notorious Perugia, Italy, murder case. Now she's on to another one.
<i>Seattle Post-Intelligencer</i> online reporter Monica Guzman.
Monica Guzman at the P-I's Big Blog has been on a roll lately. She was the first blogger to pick up on the online accusatory fever over Amanda Knox in the now-notorious Perugia, Italy, murder case. Now she's on to another one.
