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Thursday May 31, 2007 | More Bad Reporting | Entertainment |
Yet another really bad example of lazy and inaccurate reporting. Other examples: 1 2
Headline: Brosnan, wife helps Honolulu school kids
First Line: Pierce Brosnan and his wife Keely have donated $100,000 to help replace an unsafe playground at an elementary school on Kauai
Now, I don't expect everyone to be an expert on Hawaiian geography, but I would hope that someone who calls themselves a reporter would know that Honolulu, the capital of Hawaii, is on the island of Oahu, not Kauai. This is like saying he helped kids in Sacramento when he lives in Los Angeles.
Tags: bad media news reporting
May 31, 2007 09:03 AM PDT Permalink | Comments [3] |
Friday April 27, 2007 | More Bad Reporting: Sheep Poodles | Entertainment |
I seem to be turning into a Friday-only blogger. Times, they are a-busy.
Perhaps you read, in many places, the story about Japanese people getting scammed by people sending them sheep when they ordered poodles? Well, it's fake. Some news sites have pulled the story, but their links remain.
This is what happens when one lazy reporter posts an urban legend as news and all of the other news agencies pick it up. No one does any verification.
Oh, and 3rd Happy Birthday, Blogs.Sun.Com. You don't look a day over two.
Tags: news | reporting | errors | sheep | poodles
Tags: errors news poodles reporting sheep
April 27, 2007 01:38 PM PDT Permalink | |
Tuesday March 20, 2007 | Lazy Online Reporting - Again | Life |
I think I'm going to get a job as an editor in my next life. Read this story and and tell me what's wrong with it. BTW, it's a very sad story and I'm not making fun of it or the people involved. My beef is with the reporter who screwed up the story.
SAN FRANCISCO -- A man is dead after witnesses said a driver tried to run him over twice, then left the scene, NBC11's Christien Kafton reported.
The incident happened at about 2 a.m. Tuesday in San Francisco at 16th and Valencia streets.
Witnesses told police 24-year-old Randall Gross of San Francisco was crossing the street, and began arguing with the driver of a red Toyota, Hamilton Diaz.
Gross allegedly punched the driver's windshield several times, NBC11's Bob Redell reported.
Police said that Diaz, 25, aimed his car at Gross, missed him, then made a U-turn and struck him on the second pass.
Gross laid motionless on the sidewalk while rescuers tried for several minutes to revive him and while friends stood by, shouting words of support. But Gross was later pronounced dead, Kafton reported.
Police said they caught up with Diaz a few blocks away.
"It's being handled by homicide because this act was deemed to be intentional, not an accident. So the suspect is facing a series of serious felonies, including murder," said Sgt. Neville Gittens of the SFPD.
Gross was also charged with a parole violation, according to Gittens.
The incident happened at about 2 a.m. Tuesday in San Francisco at 16th and Valencia streets.
Witnesses told police 24-year-old Randall Gross of San Francisco was crossing the street, and began arguing with the driver of a red Toyota, Hamilton Diaz.
Gross allegedly punched the driver's windshield several times, NBC11's Bob Redell reported.
Police said that Diaz, 25, aimed his car at Gross, missed him, then made a U-turn and struck him on the second pass.
Gross laid motionless on the sidewalk while rescuers tried for several minutes to revive him and while friends stood by, shouting words of support. But Gross was later pronounced dead, Kafton reported.
Police said they caught up with Diaz a few blocks away.
"It's being handled by homicide because this act was deemed to be intentional, not an accident. So the suspect is facing a series of serious felonies, including murder," said Sgt. Neville Gittens of the SFPD.
Gross was also charged with a parole violation, according to Gittens.
So, Encyclopedia Brown, did you catch the mistake? Either the reporter got the name wrong in the last sentence or Sgt. Gittens is charging a dead man with a parole violation.
Tags: news faulty reporting
Tags: faulty news reporting
March 20, 2007 08:37 PM PDT Permalink | Comments [2] |
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