Media overreaction - big surprise

[Rickypt]

I woke up today to see on the news that a plane had been diverted to Boston, with fighter jet escort, because a passenger had pulled out a "screwdriver, matches, and a note referring to Al Qaeda".

30 minutes later we learned that the passenger had none of those items, but was claustrophic and became unruly.

These are same cable news folks that told us all the West Virginia miners were found alive.

Maybe someday there will be adherence to a standard of confirming news before it is reported?