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NBC Admitted: No Assault Rifle Used in Newtown Shooting
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<blockquote data-quote="donner" data-source="post: 2068859" data-attributes="member: 277"><p>Two big flaws. First, as others have said, there seldom is just a single 'truth' to anything.</p><p></p><p> Second, you're on the scene of some big event and a cop says 'the person's name was John smith'. Another cop standing there verifies it. You report it but his name turns out to be John smyth. Should you be fined? They told you the wrong information, you merely reported what you were told. How can you, as a reporter who can't legally enter the scene to find the guys ID prove that they were wrong? The most you can do is check the facts but if you keep being told the wrong information then what else can you do? </p><p></p><p>Now, I personally am glad I'm no longer a reporter. Mostly because I'd hate to deal with twitter and the rush to be first. Between twitter and the 24 hour news cycle things move to fast and mistakes happen with more frequency and it sucks. However, fining a news organization wouldn't work.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="donner, post: 2068859, member: 277"] Two big flaws. First, as others have said, there seldom is just a single 'truth' to anything. Second, you're on the scene of some big event and a cop says 'the person's name was John smith'. Another cop standing there verifies it. You report it but his name turns out to be John smyth. Should you be fined? They told you the wrong information, you merely reported what you were told. How can you, as a reporter who can't legally enter the scene to find the guys ID prove that they were wrong? The most you can do is check the facts but if you keep being told the wrong information then what else can you do? Now, I personally am glad I'm no longer a reporter. Mostly because I'd hate to deal with twitter and the rush to be first. Between twitter and the 24 hour news cycle things move to fast and mistakes happen with more frequency and it sucks. However, fining a news organization wouldn't work. [/QUOTE]
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