I'm not here to judge Francesco Schettino, the captain of the cruise ship Costa Concordia, which wrecked off the shores of Ligurian island, causing deaths and major financial loss for the owners of the stricken vessel.
But I don't have to. The world's media already have. He is now nicknamed Captain Coward for the way he reportedly abandoned his post while making token attempts to save passengers after the ship crashed into the rocks. Reports say he refused coastguard orders to return to the ship.
Schettino, in defending himself, says he actually saved more than two thousands lives.
Whatever the scenario, the media have already branded him and the whole world now has someone to target. Maybe he is to blame, maybe he is not. Whatever the case, his trial by media has guilty written all over it.
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