“Richard Jewell” is not responsible for sullying the media’s reputation; the media are responsible for sullying the media’s reputation.
Case in point, the New York Times, who were forced to post quite a correction to their story about a Chicago house party honoring the victims of a carjacking:
Oh my.
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"…an article on Monday about a house party in Chicago where 13 people were shot described the party incorrectly. It was a memorial for a carjacker who was killed, not for the victim of the carjacking."https://t.co/jx2EzYQc7z pic.twitter.com/qE5vIamcHx— Jeryl Bier (@JerylBier) December 26, 2019
Carjacker’s victims, carjacker … tomayto, tomahto.
The lead is still this: "A house party on the South Side of Chicago was meant to remember a man who was fatally shot during a carjacking in April, the authorities said."
— Jeryl Bier (@JerylBier) December 26, 2019
2nd graf now: "The shooting took place just after 12:30 a.m. in the Englewood neighborhood on the birthday of the man who was killed while trying to steal a car, said Tom Ahern, a spokesman for the Chicago Police Department."
— Jeryl Bier (@JerylBier) December 26, 2019
Even with the correction, you do not learn until the second graf that it was a memorial for the birthday of a carjacker. https://t.co/9Lmpr8Jeds
— Jeryl Bier (@JerylBier) December 26, 2019
Oh well. The important thing is that they brought awareness to the story, right?
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA https://t.co/hvwXx3qiQQ
— EducatëdHillbilly™ (@RobProvince) December 26, 2019
That’s a big miss…?
— D. K. USA?? (@DeniseK_USA) December 26, 2019
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