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Maybe because they didn't know either, and didn't even know it was something to be questioned?

• mikeash 13y ago
  That would make them massively incompetent. You hear reports that phones from this plane are "ringing". Wow! This has massive implications! That means they survived the crash and are somehow within range of a cell tower! That's huge! Maybe I should check with an expert before printing this to make sure I have it right? But no, they just skip that last step. I can forgive the first parts. A single person can't know everything. But not checking such a huge idea with an expert before printing it as "news" is ridiculous.
  • BrandonMarc 13y ago
    News orgs that do full diligence and research do not get to break the story first. In the competitive landscape, speed to publish has a massive impact on what gets reported and how. After all, an article can be "updated" later ... or not. If it's a big enough change to the story, well then that's just a brand-new story, and you heard it here first, folks! Now a word from our sponsor ...
    • mikeash 13y ago
      And thus I could understand (even if still think it was terrible) if one place had gotten ahold of this story and run with it. But it's been floating around for days now. Everybody is reporting on it, over and over again.