When Sarah Koenig decided to investigate the murder of Hae Min Lee, many people had the opinion that Koenig tried to turn the story into her own by creating a bias for the viewers. Many articles and evidence from her podcast support this statement that she did, in fact, have a bias toward Adnan Syed. One article states that Sarah Koenig tried to turn the story into her own by “whitewashing” and make viewers have a bias on the story. Another tries to state that the Serial podcast is creating a bias for defendants in court and challenging the criminal justice system. There is even evidence from the podcast showing that Sarah Koenig always had an excuse on why Adnan isn’t guilty and that she never considered the fact that Adnan Syed could possibly be guilty. But …show more content…
In the podcast, Koenig constantly layed out evidence from the case. She would sometimes dig up some of her own evidence. But if any evidence involved Adnan, or threatened him, she questioned it. She tried to shrug off evidence like Adnan’s handprints on a map in Hae’s car, notes that were passed by Adnan in class saying “I’m going to kill her”, and even how Adnan never seemed worried about Hae after she was missing. Every bit of evidence that could have put the case in jeopardy for Adnan, she had a counter-argument. This could have to do with the fact that Koenig never really doubted Adnan in the story. She always took his words into consideration, so whenever Jay had a statement, Koenig focused on his inconsistencies instead of Adnan’s. Even if it seemed unbelievable. This almost shows that Koenig had a bias for Adnan even before she started investigating. Koenig almost tried to prove Adnan’s innocence by proving Jay guilty. She didn’t ever focus on the fact there was pure evidence of Adnan killing Hae, in fact, there was a lot of