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AP is already walking back the headline, now reads "Malaysian official says missing plane hijacked" "It is not conclusive. I'm heading the investigation and no
by Steko 13y ago
AP is already walking back the headline, now reads "Malaysian official says missing plane hijacked"
"It is not conclusive. I'm heading the investigation and nobody is saying that. It's not true. We are looking at the possibility, we're looking at all possibilities. We're doing every profile of the passengers and crew but there is no firm evidence or leads so far," he told the Telegraph.
- BorisMelnik 13y agowhat was original headline?
- Steko 13y agoMalaysian Investigators conclude flight hijacked
- ubernostrum 13y agoAt this point the only safe headline to run is "Malaysian officials currently saying something they're going to deny saying a few hours from now".
- downandout 13y agoOr perhaps "Passenger Jet Missing". That seems to be the only confirmed information.
- yeukhon 13y agoThe problem with media is that they always have "some official", "someone close to X." I wonder if they could just make this shit up since they are not going to write down the name and put it in a safe for record anyway.
- ne0codex 13y agoMy husband was watching a CNN news segment about the missing plane earlier today on the TV. As I overheard the program while I was on the laptop I couldn't help but notice the absurd amount of times the news anchor kept saying "officials speculate, we believe, analysis probably indicates that...," There's too much focus on speculation to keep this relevant in a 24/7 news cycle.
- MarkTee 13y agoThe same could be said about any news, couldn't it? I think that's just journalistic tone. "Jane Doe's alleged rapist" or "Witness X claims to have seen" I do agree with you that 24/7 coverage is excessive, though; wait until sufficient evidence has presented itself and then do your reporting (unfortunately the current media climate isn't very supportive of this).
- sentenza 13y agoThis is absolutely irresponsible. I've read somewhere that the Chinese are very critical of how the investigation has been handled by Malaysian officials because it basically seems to be a mess. Given the state of the investigation, it is totally irresponsible to claim a highjacking and also irresponsible to then report it without putting this into context. Poor relatives. They are now proabably getting their hopes up.