Media Autopsy

☠️ Media Autopsy: is an independent analysis platform examining how criminal cases are framed, distorted, and amplified in modern media. The focus is on timelines, primary sources, court records, and public footage — not viral narratives or consensus thinking. ☠️ Conception: The project began during coverage of the Idaho 4 case, responding to widespread misinformation by providing original clips and contextual framing, which was featured on Paramount+’s Cybersleuths. ☠️ Evolution: During the Karen Read attack on every witness in Massachusetts, the approach shifted toward a stricter evidence-first methodology centered on court filings, contemporaneous video, and chronological reconstruction. ☠️ Media Autopsy is not a traditional newsroom, an advocacy group, or a verdict authority. Claims are evaluated alongside available records, uncertainty is labeled, and speculation is only a tool.