LAX shooting (again) highlights the need for a slow-news approach

Mediactive 2013-11-03

Summary:

This week’s most visible journalism error belongs to NBC News, which reported the death of the Los Angeles airport shooter and then had to take it back. “JUST IN: LAX gunman killed by law enforcement” – posted on Twitter at 11:15 am Pacific Time – gave way to “Correction: LAX gunman NOT killed by law […]

Link:

http://mediactive.com/2013/11/02/lax-shooting-highlights-the-need-for-a-slow-news-approach/

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Tags:

bad journalism accuracy

Authors:

Dan Gillmor

Date tagged:

11/03/2013, 04:40

Date published:

11/02/2013, 20:51