NBC Walks Back Report of Dead Suspect, ABC Reports One Suspect in Custody

[MindMover]

Source: Slate

an. 7, 2015, 8:45 p.m.: ABC News, France 24, and the AFP are reporting that the youngest of the three suspects in Wednesday’s attack has surrendered to police.


NBC’s Pete Williams, meanwhile, appeared to walk back an earlier report that one suspect had been killed and the other two had been detained. “To be fair here we just don’t know exactly what the situation is in France,” he said on MSNBC.

Earlier, Williams had reported that two senior U.S. counterterrorism had told NBC that the three men were no longer at large.

Read more: http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2015/01/07/paris_terror_attack_terrorists_attack_charlie_hebdo_killing_at_least_12.html

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http://www.haaretz.com/news/world/1.635931

[Kelvin Mace]

1. If you don't know what is going on

then shut up.

[mehrrh]

2. journalist or rumorist

If you cannot confirm your reports, do NOT report it.
Trying to be the first one with news often makes a fool of the reporter.

[Dopers_Greed]

3. What is the deal?

The M$M outlets are so eager to be "first" that they just make shit up and take it back later.

[George II]

4. STOP with the "M$M" bullshit - NBC/MSNBC got their information from a FRENCH media source!!!!

[KeepItReal]

5. "two senior U.S. counterterrorism officials told NBC News’ Pete Williams"

That's where NBC got their earlier misinformation.

Earlier Wednesday, two senior U.S. counterterrorism officials told NBC News’ Pete Williams that one of the suspects in the Paris attack had been killed and the remaining two were in custody. However, the officials now say the information that was the basis of that account cannot be confirmed.

http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/charlie-hebdo-deadly-shooting-magazine-ran-muhammad-cartoons

[George II]

7. Is the Guardian or French police spokespeople considered the "M$M" (a childish characterization)?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014982907

“The trio's arrest was confirmed to the Guardian by a French police spokesperson”

[herding cats]

9. I read that on the Guardian's live blog.

In their defense they did say one police spokesperson said such, and they had some doubts to the validity of the claim.

I found the original text from the Guardian.

A spokesman for the French police tells the Guardian’s Kim Willsher in Paris that authorities have arrested three suspects in the Charlie Hebdo attack. [See update below: Current statements do not suggest arrests have happened.]

However Kim points out that the interior minister, Bernard Cazeneuve, addressed the media not long ago and did not mention arrests.

They later updated to add this:

UPDATE 6pm ET: We’ve been unable to this point to obtain further confirmation of the report of arrests carried earlier in this blog. French officials, including the Paris deputy mayor, have issued contradictory statements on the question. Current statements do not suggest arrests have happened. Read more here.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2015/jan/07/shooting-paris-satirical-magazine-charlie-hebdo

[herding cats]

8. Nailed it.

Now NBC/MSNBC gets to join the ranks of CNN and FOX by spreading misinformation. They remind me of the people who rush to post in a discussion first only to say one word, "First!"

CNN, Fox botch Supreme Court health-care decision in latest media misstep

Maybe it’s time for the news media to take a deep breath.

In the wake of Thursday’s breathless reporting, and mis-reporting, of the Supreme Court’s decision on the Affordable Care Act, a timeout might help. Although the court upheld the law, it was hard to know that as the news broke on TV and online Thursday morning.

CNN and Fox News left viewers, including President Obama, confused with reports that suggested the court had ruled unconstitutional a key part of the law — the requirement that individuals buy health insurance. Those reports quickly made their way to other news outlets and were spread far and wide via Twitter.

Except the information was wrong. Within minutes, the full story emerged.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/cnn-fox-botch-supreme-court-health-care-decision-in-latest-media-misstep/2012/06/28/gJQA7tU19V_story.html

It's all just a race for who can garner the most link-backs and clicks in today's American media.

[elias49]

6. Much like the Boston marathon bombing...

try to beat the other news orgs by five minutes. So what's more important, the news or the ratings?

The TV show "The Newsroom" addressed this issue nicely this last season.