Wikipedia Founder Reviewing Site for Bias Against Amanda Knox
The West Seattle Herald, which follows the Amanda Knox story closely, has an interesting piece today about Wikipedia's portrayal of the murder of British student Meredith Kercher and Knox's subsequent conviction and arrest.
Right now the site has no dedicated page for Amanda Knox. Searching Wikipedia for her name takes you to a page titled "Murder of Meredith Kercher." This page, according to the Herald, is "at times ranked the 60th most read page out of 18 million."
According to the article, Wikipedia founder Jimbo (or Jimmy) Wales is reviewing that page, and other Knox coverage for accuracy:
A group who believe Knox and her boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, convicted of murdering Knox's college roommate, Ms. Kercher, are innocent, and that Rudy Guede, also convicted, was the lone killer, complained to Wales that the Wiki page contains evidence and witnesses since dropped in the course of the trial and other distorted and untrue details.
The article also contains the full letter from that group, Injustice in Perugia, and a response from Wales. The Herald also leaves readers with the following caveat:
The West Seattle Herald does not officially endorse nor discredit the Open Letter but believes the feedback by Mr. Wales about his concern for accuracy in reporting the trial of Amanda Knox is newsworthy and of interest to our readers, particularly those in West Seattle, where Knox was raised and where her family resides.
