The longer the networks reported on the Boston manhunt on Friday afternoon, the less we knew about what was actually going on. Before the bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was finally caught that night, the confusion around the case had already raised some troubling questions about the power of TV news in general.
At a time when social media offers quicker updates than the anchors, most people only turn to the networks when they need a singular, authoritative voice — one that waits to report the news until it’s been triple-confirmed, sorting out the rumors from the facts. But as police closed in on Dzhokhar,...
At a time when social media offers quicker updates than the anchors, most people only turn to the networks when they need a singular, authoritative voice — one that waits to report the news until it’s been triple-confirmed, sorting out the rumors from the facts. But as police closed in on Dzhokhar,...
- 4/20/2013
- by Melissa Maerz
- EW - Inside TV
The longer the networks reported on the Boston manhunt on Friday afternoon, the less we knew about what was actually going on. Before the bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was finally caught that night, the confusion around the case had already raised some troubling questions about the power of TV news in general.
At a time when social media offers quicker updates than the anchors, most people only turn to the networks when they need a singular, authoritative voice — one that waits to report the news until it’s been triple-confirmed, sorting out the rumors from the facts. But as police closed in on Dzhokhar,...
At a time when social media offers quicker updates than the anchors, most people only turn to the networks when they need a singular, authoritative voice — one that waits to report the news until it’s been triple-confirmed, sorting out the rumors from the facts. But as police closed in on Dzhokhar,...
- 4/20/2013
- by Melissa Maerz
- EW - Inside TV
Whoever said "Dying is easy, comedy is hard" was obviously not a television news reporter, where you have an even chance to do either. As police close in on at-large Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev, CNN reporter on the scene in Watertown Deborah Feyerick suddenly found herself at the edge of frenetic police activity, and found herself in the unenviable position of having a lot to report on, and not much to actually report.
- 4/19/2013
- by Tommy Christopher
- Mediaite - TV
Ted Nugent got fired up while discussing gun control and gun ownership with Piers Morgan and pointedly asked the CNN host: "Would you leave us the hell alone?"
Morgan headed to Texas, where he met with the Detroit rocker and unabashed gun advocate for a sit-down at a local gun range. What materialized was an explosive interview in which Nugent accused Morgan of having an obsession with guns.
In the interview, which aired Monday, Morgan asked Nugent why anyone needs an assault weapon, to which Nugent replied that massacres are anomalies.
"It's a simple inanimate tool that tens of millions of American families own, that have never caused a problem, never had an accident and will never commit a crime," said the rocker, who previously has suggested he is ready for an armed revolt if the government were to attempt to take away his firearms. "You have the aberrations that are such a minute percentage.
Morgan headed to Texas, where he met with the Detroit rocker and unabashed gun advocate for a sit-down at a local gun range. What materialized was an explosive interview in which Nugent accused Morgan of having an obsession with guns.
In the interview, which aired Monday, Morgan asked Nugent why anyone needs an assault weapon, to which Nugent replied that massacres are anomalies.
"It's a simple inanimate tool that tens of millions of American families own, that have never caused a problem, never had an accident and will never commit a crime," said the rocker, who previously has suggested he is ready for an armed revolt if the government were to attempt to take away his firearms. "You have the aberrations that are such a minute percentage.
- 2/5/2013
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
What's Twitter got to do with it? Tina Turner is the latest celeb to fall victim to the Twitterverse death hoax. On Saturday, Twitter was abuzz with tweets that the 72-year-old songstress had passed away, with the rumor supposedly steaming from an "anticipated" obituary. However, the singer's rep denied the rumor and confirmed the "What's Love Got To Do With It" singer is still alive and well! CNN's Deborah Feyerick also confirmed the iconic singer's status as being still among the living, tweeting: "She wasn't dead on Sunday, she wasn't dead on Thursday, she's not dead today. Someday this will be true, but not this week." Tina's erroneous...
- 6/10/2012
- E! Online
Tina Turner is the latest celeb to fall victim to a death hoax. The "What's Love Got to Do With It" singer is alive and well, according to her rep.
"She wasn't dead on Sunday, she wasn't dead on Thursday, she's not dead today. Someday this will be true, but not this week," Turner's rep says Saturday (June 9), according to a tweet from CNN reporter Deborah Feyerick.
The rumor supposedly started with an "anticipated" obituary for the singer posted on Necropedia.
R.I.P. Tina Turner death hoax.
"She wasn't dead on Sunday, she wasn't dead on Thursday, she's not dead today. Someday this will be true, but not this week," Turner's rep says Saturday (June 9), according to a tweet from CNN reporter Deborah Feyerick.
The rumor supposedly started with an "anticipated" obituary for the singer posted on Necropedia.
R.I.P. Tina Turner death hoax.
- 6/9/2012
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
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