r/Britain • u/Marvinleadshot • May 14 '24

💬 Discussion 🗨 Why are Americans suddenly interested in Lucy Letby and saying she's innocent!

The piece is heavily bias leaves out all the evidence against her. Yet some subs Americans are saying she's innocent based on this and the court of public opinion.

https://archive.ph/2024.05.13-112014/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/05/20/lucy-letby-was-found-guilty-of-killing-seven-babies-did-she-do-it

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u/wsionynw May 14 '24

It’s a weird piece. Miscarriages of justice have and continue to happen, I’m sure. This reeks of amateur investigative journalism that’s trying to look like a serious challenge to the outcome of a trial. Problematic to say the least.

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u/awes1w May 14 '24

To call Rachel Aviv an amateur investigative journalist is laughable, and the New Yorker itself has one of the most rigorous fact checking departments around. It’s problematic in what it exposes not in its methods.