Today's news concerns the fate of a dozen (baker's dozen?) coal miners in West Virginia. At first, it was reported there was only one fatality. Later, it turned out there was only one survivor.
Many are blaming the coal-mining company for mis-reporting the facts, but at least some of the blame has to lie with the media. In effect, they jumped the gun, failed to flag reports as "preliminary" or "tentative", and ran with a story they wanted to be true.
Belmont Club looks at the difference between what takes place, what is achievable, and what is ideal in journalism.
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