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There wasn't, as far as I can tell, any mainstream media reports about Sunil being involved in the Boston marathon bombing, the only accusations were from reddi
by citricsquid 14y ago
There wasn't, as far as I can tell, any mainstream media reports about Sunil being involved in the Boston marathon bombing, the only accusations were from redditors tricked by a faked police scanner report that supposedly IDed him as the bomber.
Edit: A relevant comment from a journalist regarding the situation: http://www.reddit.com/r/blog/comments/1cvb9b/reflections_on_the_recent_boston_crisis/c9kca7o http://www.reddit.com/r/blog/comments/1cvb9b/reflections_on_...
As a member of the reddit community, I was really disappointed with the
Sunil Tripathi debacle. D'you know why his name wasn't widespread in
the press as a suspect? Because generally we like to ask police for
confirmation on a suspect name before publishing it.
If reddit users want to act like journalists, they should follow the same
procedures. You're not special just because it's "the internet"
- jmstout 14y agoWhen I was watching NBC the morning of the Watertown incident, during a phone interview, one of their 'chief investigative correspondents' said, he wouldn't say who, but a Brown University student that went missing in March was the prime suspect. Given what he did say, he might as well have given the name. Not excusing redditors by any means, but I did see it mentioned on national television, for what it's worth.