jvds has given interviews to reporters etc. that implicate himself - so i dont see how he is being unfairly portrayed in the press... maybe thats just me - but seriously how is it now the fault of the press that he appears guilty?
the main reasons I can think of are:
when the press describe him as the killer rather than the defendant or suspect or accused.
when the press repeatedly omit the word
alleged when discussing the alleged confession released by the Peruvian police, repeatedly calling it "Joran Van der Sloot's confession", using terms like "in his own words" etc. The worst form of this I saw was on the Nancy Grace Show when they would replay over and over for weeks an actor reading their favorite phrases from the "confession", in an accent that sounded like a bad guy in a movie, and did not state or show anywhere on the screen that it was an actor reading the lines and not Joran Van Der Sloot himself! LOL
when the press claim
not only that he committed the crime against Stephany but go even a step beyond and continually report that the
reason is that he's a
Psychopath (has Antisocial Personality), (forgetting the possibility of mental illness such as Schizophrenic episode, Manic episode, etc, or even blackout or delirium due to drugs, etc. By definition, the diagnosis of "Antisocial Personality/Psychopathy" can't be applied unless Schizophrenic episode and Manic episode and various other potential conditions were not present. And "Psychopath" implies a much more conscious act.) If he in fact is the one who killed Stephany.
when the press, rather than trying to get all the evidence and discuss all the evidence from every possible angle, only discuss select items of alleged evidence from a prosecution viewpoint. For example, we don't hear them raising any questions about "do the rest of the hours of videotape confirm that no one else entered the room?", "have independent authorities confirmed this", and many other questions. We don't hear any questions raised about "why did Stephany's father say the first day that fingernail evidence from under Stephany's nails would convict Joran Van Der Sloot, but then later we heard she would have to be exhumed to collect this evidence, then later after JVDS was actually in custody back in Peru we heard that the evidence was now at the lab and they were awaiting results.....) etc. First we heard "wrappers from date rape drugs were found in Stephany's car so JVDS drugged her", but no questions asked about why would the wrappers be in
her car, why if he'd drugged her would he be letting her drive, etc. No questions raised about this or even the possibility that he could be the one who had been drugged for example. LOL No questions asked about "are there prints on the wrappers?" and so many other questions. The alleged evidence for the most part has been presented very selectively and only from a prosecution angle.
though JVDS with his weird confessions in the past has also made himself look guilty of various things (could be due to mental illness or drug addiction.)
And the circumstances and alleged evidence that have been
released in this case so far do make him look guilty, and maybe he is.
