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Old 01-08-2006, 08:24 PM
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Originally posted by Coramoor
The Governor did not confirm the story. It was some random woman on a cell phone that came running into the fellowship blurting the news that the media picked up on. When the Gov. heard the story he immediatly sought confirmation, but there was none. The media however does not believe in confirming rumors and broadcasted it anyway.
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Why is it that "the media" is viewed as this monolithic entity by some? Does it make it easier for some to define them that way in order to dismiss or "denigrate" them when they see/read something they disagree with - or that is wrong?
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Fact of the matter is that the media is made up of many different people with different views, standards, and even ethics - but the fact remains that stories can take a life of their own; and sometimes deadline can preclude a detailed check of sources when there is a rush to get the story in time.

Even up here some of the initial papers ran with a frontpage proclaiming the miners rescued - because that was the story put on the wire by AP and Rueters reports... that fact that the story wasn't countered for some 3 hours by officials only made the task of changing/stopping the press all the more difficult... and in some cases far to late.

The fact remains however that the story did run - was the story a mistake? Yes. Was the story a lie? No. Problem is here that some folks can't seem to tell the difference when they are on a crusade of sorts...
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