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To: Ellesu

It's that guy! How did you know that?

The boy has NOT been found!


69 posted on 07/02/2005 9:04:22 AM PDT by Howlin
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To: Howlin

I heard his name released on Fox news and just did a search. I hope that is the guy and apologize in advance if it is not.


72 posted on 07/02/2005 9:05:44 AM PDT by Ellesu
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To: Howlin; jackbill
MSNBC still isn't reporting that the boy was also found. Fox News scooped them all.

Yes, they did.... I was watching this for 10 or 15 minutes before any thread got posted from Fox.... but I'm really tired of 'first' being the most important goal. It has only led us to rushed, poorly researched, ad lib guesswork being reported as 'news', news they often have to correct later.

I wanted to repaste this exchange from one of the pulled duplicate threads. As happens too often, the first thing reported is so often false. All the technology of the information age, and we are less accurate than in the days of old fashioned, slow, but well researched news. The news stations, and the expectations of viewers, need to be scaled back to the days when reporters wanted to be sure before they uttered a word. There is absolutely no public benefit to LIVE-on the air-writing this and correcting ourselves as we speak- kind of reporting. We don't ~need~ instant news. We need correct news.

87 posted on 07/02/2005 9:11:50 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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