Miners trapped in West Virginia - Page 2

Brwn_eyes0511 · #16 01-04-2006, 06:19 AM

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Originally Posted by ontheEdgeof17

Yup. The one report was false. There is really is only one survivor, who is in serious condition at my hospital.

I signed on to drudge earlier, and the news flash said that 12 of them were found alive...and then an hour later it said that 12 were dead!

so sad...

GODDESS6 · #17 01-04-2006, 06:41 AM

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Originally Posted by ontheEdgeof17

Yup. The one report was false. There is really is only one survivor, who is in serious condition at my hospital.

awwww curtis, this is so damn sad, when i went to bed, they thought all 12 were alive, imagine my sadness whan i woke this morning only to hear that 1 survived~ bless that poor man, how awful that musta been~ also to all the families put on that emotional rollercaster w/ the false reporting~ my heart breaks for all of them

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Rickypt · #18 01-04-2006, 10:36 AM

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Originally Posted by GODDESS6

when i went to bed, they thought all 12 were alive, imagine my sadness whan i woke this morning only to hear that 1 survived~

Same here, I just woke up and turned on the news. How tragic (and how did the news get it so wrong????)

skcin · #19 01-04-2006, 10:37 AM

Nobody knows for sure who screwed up. This is horrific.

ontheEdgeof17 · #20 01-04-2006, 10:42 AM

I can't bear to watch the news today. No way. No how. A few guys were from the town I went to college in. I probably saw them around....

Rickypt · #21 01-04-2006, 10:55 AM

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Originally Posted by skcin

Nobody knows for sure who screwed up. This is horrific.

Apparently one of the family members received a cellphone call from a rescuer, misinterpreted the information, and that's how the whole sad mess started.

I saw the "good" news break. Rita Cosby started by saying that "AP and MSNBC have confirmed...."

Confirmation should be getting official word from authorities. The standard for news has sunk so low.

I can't watch the news either. I refuse to watch cameras shoved in the face of grieving people.

Livia · #22 01-04-2006, 11:06 AM

Wow - the front page of our paper this morning shows relatives/friends rejoicing at the "false report."

Rickypt · #23 01-04-2006, 11:35 AM

Mine too, very poor taste.

ontheEdgeof17 · #24 01-04-2006, 11:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Livia

Wow - the front page of our paper this morning shows relatives/friends rejoicing at the "false report."

Yup. They went to print with the "confirmed" story at midnight.

I'm thinking this incident might change the way the news is presented for the good. It's major.

sara1998 · #25 01-04-2006, 11:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Livia

Wow - the front page of our paper this morning shows relatives/friends rejoicing at the "false report."

Ya- so does ours. How bad does that suck?

Rickypt · #26 01-04-2006, 12:22 PM

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Originally Posted by ontheEdgeof17

I'm thinking this incident might change the way the news is presented for the good. It's major.

I really hope so, Curtis. This era of 24 hour news and the mad rush to be the "first" has some major problems.

And my paper, the SF Chronicle, has the accurate news story because it went to print later. But it still chose to run a picture of two women celebrating the "good" news", which I find to be in poor taste.

DavidMn · #27 01-04-2006, 03:50 PM

Can someone be held criminally or civily liable for this false information coming out and putting those families through this? if not it should be!!

Someone's head MUST ROLL

dissention · #28 01-04-2006, 03:52 PM

I was watching Anderson last night (or early morning) when a woman approached him onscreen and told him that only one survived and that word had to get out. That was quite shocking. Him and Randi Kaye looked like they were going to go on a murderous rampage when they realized that they were reporting bogus information.

DavidMn · #29 01-04-2006, 03:54 PM

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Originally Posted by dissention

I was watching Anderson last night (or early morning) when a woman approached him onscreen and told him that only one survived and that word had to get out. That was quite shocking. Him and Randi Kaye looked like they were going to go on a murderous rampage when they realized that they were reporting bogus information.

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

dissention · #30 01-04-2006, 04:00 PM

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

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.