I’ve read or heard at least 10 different versions of this now with significant differences among these reports. The only consistency in the stories are the use of an AK-47 and at least one American servicemen being involved. Some stories have 2 servicemen and others have 3 or 4. In some stories, the servicemen are all retired. In some they are active duty. In some they are all injuried, and in others they are all uninjured. Some stories they are Marines, and in others they are Army or Air Force or Navy. Some have a British soldier involved. Some stories have the terrorist getting jumped immediately after leaving a toilet and some have him jumped while running through different train cars. I don’t think we’ll ever get the real story.
One of the better sources.
In most ‘breaking news’ stories, about 90% of the initial information is subject to change.
Then, of course, comes the filtering.
In many localized events, the pattern is similar to this:
** Local reporters talk to first responders and witnesses and people in the area when the event happened.
** Soon, the on-site reporters are seen less and less and first responder comments are replaced by official departmental media liaisons. The studio news-readers open reports by referencing information ‘from Washington’ or ‘from the FBI’.
** Not too long after that, the on-air readers are using phrases like ‘the White House reports ...’
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The above pattern happened with the OKC bombing, with Sandy Hook shooting, with Boston Marathon bombing, and many others.