News Media

[WFM]

Its funny how things are reported on. I was watching the local NBC station in Portland Maine. It said a man walking in Portland had his head slashed from behind by a homeless man suffering from anxiety.
Anxiety. Not attempted murder.

 

[Henro]

You’re making assumptions too. Who knows what the true story is at this point?

Maybe the homeless guy just wanted the other guys ponytail and accidentally cut the back of his head. Anxiety? Maybe the homeless guy was feeling threatened by the guy‘s ponytail!

I agree that sometimes the headlines we see don’t reflect true reality! My response probably doesn’t reflect reality either!

 

[SAR Tracker]

After 25 years with Search and Rescue, I can't count the number of times I'd get home from a mission, see the news about the same search, and think, "What are they (the newscasters) smoking? That's not even CLOSE to what happened!"

 

[NCL4701]

After 25 years with Search and Rescue, I can't count the number of times I'd get home from a mission, see the news about the same search, and think, "What are they (the newscasters) smoking? That's not even CLOSE to what happened!"

30+ years of investigating a wide variety of stuff where accuracy was paramount, I quickly learned news is about getting it fast, getting it right be damned.

 

[Daren Todd]

Well, here is a couple examples of why I couldn't be an editor. I would absolutely roast the people that came up with these headlines