(CNN) -- Having waited to be heard, Amanda Knox is finally speaking for herself. Five and a half years after her roommate Meredith Kercher was found murdered in the house they shared, the notorious American student has published her own book. "Waiting to Be Heard" was released this week in conjunction with her first network television interview -- together a triumph of spectacle over substance. But it could not have been otherwise. This murder was transformed into tabloid entertainment almost from the moment the body was carried out of the house, in picturesque Perugia, Italy, the day after Halloween 2007.
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Amanda Knox publishes book, appears on TV five years after roommate was found murdered
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Nina Burleigh: Knox does not come across as authentic and has nothing new to say
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Burleigh: The man who knows the truth is in prison for the murder, but focus is on Knox
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She was in prison four years, wrongly accused, demonized and endured abuse, she says
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