Re: OT- Been watching the news?

On Wed, 04 Jan 2006 16:05:20 -0700, Lone Haranguer
<linusz@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Al Balmer wrote:
>>>What difference does it make? The news media reported on information it
>>>received. Should the mine foreman be taken out and shot for reporting
>>>information that turned out to be a misunderstanding on his part?
>>>LZ
>>
>> Nope. Not his job or responsibility. However, it *is* the
>> responsibility of the the news media to check, double-check, and
>> independently verify reports before going to press. They could have,
>> but didn't. The CEO, for example, knew the truth within minutes of the
>> initial false report. The media didn't ask him to verify it.
>>
>You have heard of deadlines, right? Even Geraldo TRIED to learn where the
>good news came from. I heard it was 3 hours later before the relatives
>learned the truth.
>LZ

Evrybody's deadlines just happened to be within 20 minutes of the
initial report? I doubt it. Didn't Geraldo know how to find the CEO,
who had been talking to the media all along? How do you know he tried?
Because he said so?

You have heard of "get the scoop even if it's wrong", haven't you?

Why do you think a "deadline" should be more important than not
publishing false reports, anyway?

--
Al Balmer
Sun City, AZ
.

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