[Strategerist]

For example, the reports that the DC Sniper was driving a white van........

That had nothing to do with the media. That originated with Chief Moose.

[SlowBoat407]

For example, the reports that the DC Sniper was driving a white van........

That had nothing to do with the media. That originated with Chief Moose.

And those of us driving white vans with roof racks in Virginia were not happy, I assure you. I pulled into a gas station in Waynesboro that Fall, and there was a similar van on the other side of the pump from mine. The other driver and I eyed each other warily before laughing it off and suggesting we start a convention.

But I digress. Let us continue bashing the media for the instances when they were reporting mistaken events or information that had already been disseminated for public consumption from other sources.