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| LGF scoop: Rooters F****d up -- Reports Nonexistent (?) Bus Bombings in Israel |
| 2005-04-15 |
| Un-freaking-believable! Go read the story. Perhaps they were tipped off by their 'millitant' friends. Prepared a template based on September story to have a content skeleton and replace the old data with new data once it is confirmed. Event did not materialize. The editor let the story go thinking it's real. Cow pie of mighty proportions. MSM does seem to do everything in their abilities to undermine their own credibility. Or are they trying to bush boundaries to see where it would lead them? |
| Posted by:Sobiesky |
| #9 One more reason most "Journalists" should be consider a nusance critter and there should be an open paint ball/pepper ball season on them. When caught in the company of criminals and terrorists, they should be liable to the same treatment as criminals and terrorists warrant. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet 0’ Doom 2005-04-15 4:51:39 PM |
| #8 Boy, I sure am glad that the mainstream press is staffed by highly-trained journalistic professionals, and has editors and fact checkers. That way, you know that the news is accurate and all the stories are true. /sarcasam |
| Posted by: Mike 2005-04-15 12:22:18 PM |
| #7 Sort of like the reported "GRILLING" Bolton got from Democrats 3 minutes after hearings started earlier this week that AP had on thier website. Al-Q to Rooters: "Sorry. Our suicide bomber missed his ride..." Oops. |
| Posted by: BigEd 2005-04-15 12:13:19 PM |
| #6 TGA, the article included a particularly graphic quote from a person whose name produces just one Google hit, the Reuters article. This is definitely not accidentally posted old news. See LGF for details. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2005-04-15 10:59:51 AM |
| #5 The journalist did some copy and paste of the earlier reporting of the "twin car bombings" in Israel last year to write up an article about the recent "twin car bombing" in Baghdad. Then things got messed up and the old article was re-published, probably because both had "twin car bombing" as a subject. Example of sloppy journalism, no evil intent. |
| Posted by: True German Ally 2005-04-15 10:23:25 AM |
| #4 Maybe it's just wishful thinking on al-Reuters' part. |
| Posted by: BH 2005-04-15 10:11:41 AM |
| #3 A perfectly natural progression. (1) Slant actual occurences slightly to influence readers to your point of view. Got away with it? (2) Slant the news more extensively. Got away with it? (3) Start inventing things outright (e.g. Jeningrad). Got away with it? (4) Start living in a completely separate reality. |
| Posted by: gromgoru 2005-04-15 7:57:53 AM |
| #2 Simply amazing. And rather ironic given how we were poking fun yesterday at Pravda'a reputation for minimal amounts of truth. Yep, things sure are different here in the West. Isn't that true, Mr. Rather? |
| Posted by: SteveS 2005-04-15 7:03:16 AM |
| #1 Wow! I saw this on Google news and was going to post here. I agree with LGF this smells like more than a simple foulup. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2005-04-15 6:45:53 AM |