Miners trapped in West Virginia

[JazmenFlowers]

Originally Posted by dissention

I'd like to know why officials let the media report bogus information for so long without attempting to correct them. It doesn't make a lick of sense. It shouldn't be coming from some random woman off the street, it should be coming from officials who had the correct information to begin with. It's Election 2000 all over again.

true. has anyone else seen the interview with the governor? he was oblivious to accurate information...for, he says, 30 minutes.

ummm, ok, and...

[Rickypt]

Originally Posted by DavidMn

Sounds like your man had his facts straight. Too bad no one else did.

How did he have his facts straight? He reported that the 12 were alive at the same time everyone else did.

They all blew it; in their eagerness to be the first to report, and in their own obvious excitement (which is understandable), they reported information as fact without confirming it with the appropriate officials.

[SuzeQuze]

Originally Posted by dissention

I'd like to know why officials let the media report bogus information for so long without attempting to correct them. It doesn't make a lick of sense. It shouldn't be coming from some random woman off the street, it should be coming from officials who had the correct information to begin with. It's Election 2000 all over again.

Everyone's so caught up in their image and making things look good that they screw everything up. How's that for over generalizing? What I mean is, politicians and others in the public eye won't apologize when they screw up because of how it will look, plus they will ignore "bad" information even if it is true. They need to have some f*cking character and integrity training. They obviously have completely lost sight of what it means to "serve" the public.

Then there are the news outlets who have made selling the priority over reporting. That is a shoddy way of prioritizing the stories of our people.

We haven't even gotten into the negligence that company must be guilty of for such a heinous thing to have happened to their workers. Anderson will likely be rolling some heads tonight!

[Rickypt]

This is an interesting opinion piece that captures a lot of my thoughts on the media situation.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-...e_b_13245.html

[DavidMn]

Originally Posted by Rickypt

How did he have his facts straight? He reported that the 12 were alive at the same time everyone else did.

They all blew it; in their eagerness to be the first to report, and in their own obvious excitement (which is understandable), they reported information as fact without confirming it with the appropriate officials.

Well, what I meant was that he got it right before anyone else did. SHouldnt have taken someone on the street to do that though.

[estranged4life]

the most about this situation is how those families had to feel from going from the highest of highs to the lowest of lows in mere moments.

Very heartbreaking...