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This is the problem with the journalism profession today. It's sloppy, irresponsible, and untrustworthy. During the days of giants like Walter Cronkite a lot of people would have gotten axed over erroneous reporting, but today it's become the norm. I can't even keep track of how many stories major news organizations have botched in recent and had to backtrack to correct themselves or in some cases refusing to.
One such example is the Sandy Hook shooting. I was driving from Charlotte to Pittsburgh the morning that happened and by the time I arrived in PA the story had changed half a dozen times. At one point, they even named the wrong man as the shooter.
We don't have journalists anymore. We have propagandists who push an agenda who shield themselves behind the First Amendment in order to get away with it with little consequence.
“After spending time on a ventilator and five full weeks in the hospital, the governor announced that Jack has died,” Ritter said on WABC-TV’s nightly broadcast.
Immediately after Ritter told the story of Allard, a two-time All American lacrosse player, the station played a clip of New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy saying, “It was a long month, but slowly Jack rebounded. Last Thursday he was clapped out by the doctors and nurses who saved his life.”
As soon as Murphy’s audio ended, Ritter realized Allard was very much alive and backtracked his comments."
One such example is the Sandy Hook shooting. I was driving from Charlotte to Pittsburgh the morning that happened and by the time I arrived in PA the story had changed half a dozen times. At one point, they even named the wrong man as the shooter.
We don't have journalists anymore. We have propagandists who push an agenda who shield themselves behind the First Amendment in order to get away with it with little consequence.
“After spending time on a ventilator and five full weeks in the hospital, the governor announced that Jack has died,” Ritter said on WABC-TV’s nightly broadcast.
Immediately after Ritter told the story of Allard, a two-time All American lacrosse player, the station played a clip of New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy saying, “It was a long month, but slowly Jack rebounded. Last Thursday he was clapped out by the doctors and nurses who saved his life.”
As soon as Murphy’s audio ended, Ritter realized Allard was very much alive and backtracked his comments."
‘I feel horrible’: TV anchor accidentally says recovered coronavirus patient died
A TV news anchor mistakenly said a New Jersey man who recovered from the coronavirus had died on Tuesday. New York’s Bill Ritter was highlighting a local story about Jack Allard, 26, who was placed…
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