Rush to be first (was:Re: Severin's first night as a national talk host)

[A. Joseph Ross]

On 4 Jan 2006 at 10:51, Larry Weil wrote:

> Except that in the rush to be first, everybody got the story wrong.
> The sad news this morning is that only one of the miners was found
> alive, and in critical condition.  Which also says something sadly
> about the critical condition of news reporting these days.

The rush to be first has caused some inexcusable journalistic gaffes 
from time to time, but this wasn't one of them.  This appears to have 
been caused by a miscommunication from the rescuers, which caused the 
company to announce that there were 12 survivors.  The media quite 
properly reported the company's announcement.

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