Church bells are ringing. People are celebrating. Family members are saying they've been told the miners are alive and will be coming to the church in an hour. That's confirmation to a degree that you don't postpone the live shot for a company or government spokesman to start a press conference. It's ridiculous to blame the media for "passing off lies." They reported what was happening around them.
Blaming the media for going live with this story in this instance is no different than telling these family members that they should not have celebrated "the rumor" because there had been no "official" word. If you fault the press, then these family members should be chastised for getting excited, singing and being happy before they'd received confirmation.
The media should most certainly be faulted. And Anderson Cooper blaming the mining conglomerate for not correcting his network's mistaken reporting is attrocious.
For CNN to say they had 6 or 7 or 8 sources doesn't give them a pass...the news was completely wrong.
>>>Blaming the media for going live with this story in this instance is no different than telling these family members that they should not have celebrated "the rumor" because there had been no "official" word.